Part of Steve Richardson's post: >...I think that this was a maker with "adjustable height" strings, >i.e., the hitch pins might be installed vertically and the string adjusted up >or down on it. Is this Baldwin? As a supplement to Newton Hunt's post: Baldwin, (according to their Baldwin Piano Parts Catalog I received in 1990, page 26) calls those items Acu-Just hitchpins. And oddly enough, here is another example where cast iron replacement hitch pins would not be in order. Keith A. McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Chapter 731 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma
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