This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Alan, That is why I keep my 18 center pin slot full. I call it using a chaser pin. <G> Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan Barnard=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:31 PM Subject: Repinning Tip was Re: Steinway double flange fitting to butts I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and birdseye--trying = to align the parts and insert the pin without trying to ram it through = hard rock maple--so I have a foolproof little system. (And it works for = me which proves that any fool can do it.) I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth round = burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then pull the wire back = while guiding the pin through the first side of the flange and slightly = into the birdseye. Then press the pin on through, pushing the wire or = tool the rest of the way out. The wire/tool keeps everything aligned so = the pin centers every time, and it's fast. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe Garrett=20 To: pianotech Sent: 09/03/2005 8:29:20 PM=20 Subject: Re: Steinway double flange fitting to butts David Nereson said: "Also infamous are the=20 double flanges made to supposedly fit old Steinway uprights. They=20 don't. The birdseyes are too wide for the ears of the flange, which = have to be filed down. (If the birdseye is filed down, it increases = friction if the butt rubs against the inside of the flange) = --Dave, Don't file it, sand it. I use 320 on sandpaper file, (Joe Garrett = Special Order- - available to all. end of commercial.<G>) Once you've sanded to fit the flange, use a fine countersink to put = a "dent" in each side of the birdseye. This makes the pinning alignment = easier. Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/de/e9/72/ca/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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