Dave- Could you make a 22 1/2 broach to ease the bushings, then just swab a tiny bit of CA into the birdseye to help the 22 1/2 pin stay? Ed -----Original Message----- >From: Dave Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net> >Sent: Jun 16, 2006 12:33 AM >To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >Subject: shrinking a birdseye > >O great and wonderful list. > >I have taken on an old English upright action, not a birdcage, that >seems like it would play very well if I can get the friction down to >tolerable levels. I have tried all my usual shrinking ideas with no >luck, this cloth is a compact as it will get. Repinning is the >obvious answer. The trouble is that it is already pinned with 22 1/2 >pin, bigger than I would normally use. I can pop them out and use 22 >and the friction is great but they are way too loose in the butt. >Anyone have a great, quick and easy idea for shrinking the birdseye? >I tried hide glue sizing with no luck. The best Ive come up with is >to put in an 18 cp and drip in CA glue but thats very slow, I have to >push out the caul pin, trim the excess smooth (the glue builds up >around the pin) and then repin. Plus unless I hold the pin exactly >straight I can end up with the flange at an angle. Anyone dealt with >this before? I thought I might try steam tomorrow, followed by hide >glue to set the hole, another multiple step operation. >-- >----Dave > > >----------------------------- >Dave Doremus, RPT >New Orleans >------------------------------
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