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Re: Buffets and cutting corners

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-01-24 02:58

You can replace the pins yourself as they're a push fit into the ends of the LH levers. So remove the broken off ends and fit the new ones into the holes.

The nylon pins are shaped well and only require a drop of thick oil to keep them silent whereas metal pins will need to be covered with a layer of goldbeater's skin or plastic to avoid sounding like a typewriter.

I personally think it's overkill to make metal or carbon fibre pins as well as the relatively high cost of such parts (last time I saw they cost around $20 per pin), so buying new nylon pins and reinforcing them with steel takes very little time to do and they'll be as strong as anything once done.

I reinforce them as a matter of course and include that in the cost of a service or overhaul (as well as respringing the Rh F#/C# key in a much better manner than the one Buffet still stick with). If you have all the gear set up and ready to go, the nylon pins can be reinforced in very little time.

- Mount the pin in your bench or lathe chuck
- Centre drill the end of the pin
- Drill all the way through with a 0.8 to 0.9mm drill bit
- Push fit the appropriate gauge needle spring
- Cut off the excess and grind the ends flush
- Refit the pin in the end of the LH lever
- Do the same on the others.
- Replace the LH levers and add a drop of thick oil to the holes in the linkage arms.
- Job done, lights off, go home.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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