Kawai plastic flange repinning

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Jon,
It is the bird's eye that keeps the pin from moving.. So make sure that
center is tight enough.
It should be tighe enough that you almost do not want to use your finger
nail to push it through.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:32 PM
Subject: Kawai plastic flange repinning


> I'm repining the plastic hammer butt/flanges on a Kawai 601, c. 1989.
> The pinning is a little tight. Removing .050 pins.
>
> I know with wooden parts it's advisable to repin with two sizes
> larger, a .052; but for plastic, can I repin with .051?
>
> I've done two so far with a .050 straight reamer and burnished to .051,
> which seem OK but would like to know if pin drift might occur because
> of the grip in the butt and should jump up to a .052 pin. They push in
with
> sufficient grip, just need to know the better execution.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page