Interesting topic

[Jon Page]

John,
With a loose tunig pin your first line of defense IS tapping. The
others come into consideration when that will not correct the
problem sufficiently. Always support the block with a jack or wedges
while driving pins.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:49 AM 7/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>List,
>I recently was buying some tools and stuff from a tech who was not in our
>local chapter or the guild.  As we looked over the tools, which he bought
>from another tech, the subject of tapping in tuning pins came up.  I had
>always been allerted that you should never tap or hammer-in loose pins.
>There were three proper ways to fix the problem: next or over-sized tuning
>pin, metal sleeve, or pin block restorer.  I would love to see comments and
>debate on this issue, as I would gain from all your various experiences and
>situations.  Thanks.
>
>John J Kowalski
>Oberlin, OH
>Cleveland Chapter
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