Fixing a faulty pinky

[virtuoso80]

Trying to get more disciplined in my practice, really finish pieces and the like, I've noticed a problem I don't know how to solve: My pinky just hits wrong notes sometimes, and there seems a limited amount I can do about it.

For example, I was just setting myself a goal of Chopin Op. 10, No. 1 at medium tempo with zero mistakes, and no matter what, it seems like my RH pinky is just destined to hit wrong notes sometimes. It's like there's just not enough nerve endings in there to sense and control it, and no matter what, that crap finger is just going to flub on the wrong notes on occasion, like it or not.

Any advice?

[isaach]

You don't have a faulty pinkie, but what you've done is identify the difficulty in that piece. Just don't play it faster than you are to play correctly, and be patient. With technical issues, they tend to work themselves out when you are sleeping, after a long day's practice. That etude is really all about patience and persistence.

[indianajo]

Few hobbies require as much from fingers 3,4,5 than piano (keyboard) playing does. 
Control of fingers 3,4,5 is best achieved, IMHO, with boring exercises.  Not artistic music.
I slugged through 10 minutes of Schmitt exercises a day for a year, age 8.  To great benefit.
No mistakes allowed.  Go slower. They can be downloaded from pianos street. 
Same advice about any art music.  A mistake repeated is a mistake learned.  Go slow enough there are no mistakes.  three or four times in a row no mistakes, you may speed up very slightly.
If there is only one passage with the mistakes, you may concentrate slow practice on that passage.  But don't get in the habit of playing fast to there then slowing down, then speeding up.  Anybody that hears you do that will likely be offended.  A lot of straight through no-mistake repetitions are in order before performing a piece for anybody but your teacher. 
Experience good fortune in your endeavors. 

[boxjuice]

I have a question: im learning liebestraum and ive learnt all the notes, but in the the middle section when the pinky carries the main melody, im having trouble putting enough force into my pinky for the voicing to stand out. Any advice?

[jimroof]

I have a question: im learning liebestraum and ive learnt all the notes, but in the the middle section when the pinky carries the main melody, im having trouble putting enough force into my pinky for the voicing to stand out. Any advice?

Two things...

Use less from 1-4 and the left hand.  Ie., 'mix down' everything else to let the melody through.  I think you will find that doing this will result in MORE strength coming from 5 over time.  The problem is two-fold with bringing a melody out with the weak fingers - strength and control.  You can learn the control now, even without the strength, and doing that will almost certainly lead you to where you need to be with strength.