Avery, You aim the part of the center pin your nipping into your center kit. Haven't you ever had a center pin nipping contest. I can easily get the nipped part or the nippee 10 feet. So those babies pop right into the kit. Every so often I clean it out. I do as much as I can in the home and repinning is certainly doable in the home. David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Avery Todd" <avery1@houston.rr.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 9/13/2005 3:19:55 PM Subject: Re: Repinning....Can I pullease get more responses? >Matthew, >Since no one else has answered....... :-) >At 04:43 PM 9/13/05, you wrote: >>I will be undergoing a repinning project on a client's grand. The >>"G" Piano Works guide says it takes 4 hours. Is it appropiate to do >>this project in the client's home, or do I need to take the action >>with me and do it in the shop? >Personally, I'd take it to the shop. Otherwise how are you going to >keep all those little >"ends" you clip off from being all over the customers rug? :-) >Besides, I have a workbench there, etc. and if I'm doing an entire >set, I also use the long pinning wires which I think would be >difficult to do in a customers home. MO. >>If I take the action with me, that brings up another question. If >>it's raining, how do you all prepare and protect the grand action?? >Well, if it's raining, schedule another day. :-) Just kidding. Just >do as someone else suggested, keep a piece of plastic of some kind in >your vehicle and cover the action with that while you're putting it >into your vehicle! >Avery >>Thanks! >>Matthew >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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