Horace, Are you indicating that you will re-pin with oversize pins every time you re-string? Is the block on a D or C7 or SD-10 to the point of instability in only 5 to 7 years? I realize that the "concert" instruments you are dealing with get tweaked considerably more than those I see down here in Bubbaland, Texas, but we recently replaced the bass strings on a C7 in a college setting by carefully backing out 1 turn (that's the tuning pins OK) just as you might do in normal string replacement. The instrument was probably 18 to 20 years old, and the pin torque was well within factory spec. Just curious. Danny Moore Houston Chapter Horace Greeley wrote: > 2.- Complete restringing of the instrument every 5-7 years. > (Yes, with whatever is needed at that time.) > <<snip>> > 4.- When stringing, do not go over 4/0 pins on Ds (period, > no > negotiation) or 5/0s on Bs (and smaller, depending > on > condition of the block).
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