Hitch Pins

[John Musselwhite]

At 12:26 AM 1/21/96 -0700, you wrote:

>place in a fine quality instrument. Steel, especially as found in nails,
>simply does not have the strength of cast iron and eventually IT WILL FAIL.

And when it does fail, a projectile the size of a .22 slug may be propelled
in the direction of the player (or the tuner).

When I read that some people were replacing hitch pins with nails a shiver
went up my spine.   While I've never heard of a serious accident with them,
the possibilities of problems seem to be too great to ignore.

The proper replacement is available. Please use it!

                        John

John Musselwhite, RPT
Calgary, Alberta Canada
musselj@cadvision.com