Bent Tuning Pins

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Clide,
DO NOT DO IT!
Chances of breaking the top of the pin off are very great, esp.  if you
happen to try to bend the pin in a line with the hole. That will snap the
pin off in a hurry as that is its weAkest point. No not from experience in
the piano but I have used old pins chucked in a vise as a tip tool.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Bent Tuning Pins


> Friends,
>
> Every now and then I come to a tuning pin I would *like* to bend a
little -- the
> occasional pin in the midrange of a spinet or console that is too close to
a
> neighboring pin to get the tuning hammer on it solidly.  So far I have
resisted
> attempting to bend a pin, for fear I would damage the pinblock and cause
another
> problem.
>
> Yes, I know about the thin-wall tips.  But I haven't bought one yet, after
all
> these years!  And it also seems to me that not having to change the tip
every
> time I tune the piano would be preferable.  Has anyone deliberately tried
to
> bend a pin in the instance I mention here?  How do you do it without
making
> another problem, or is it always inadvisable?
>
> Regards, Clyde
>
> Richard Brekne wrote:
>
> > Oh you can bend them allright. The average tuning lever
> > certainly gives you enough leverage. Take a new one and
> > drill a hole in the closest telephone pole and screw it in,
> > then give it your best shot... you will bend it easily
> > enough me thinks.
>