----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: June 19, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: Re: individual hitch pins > At 11:53 AM -0700 6/19/03, Don wrote: > >There is one other benefit of individual hitch pins. ... > > Maybe somebody mentioned it already, and I didn't see it, so ... > > I was under the impression a definite benefit of individual hitch pin > stringing was when a string breaks, there are still two viable ones > left, and the broken one can be removed easily so as not to interfere > with the rest of the strings. > > Keith McGavern > _______________________________________________ OK. I forgot that one. Yes, it is a potential benefit. Perhaps more important in these days of hardrock hammers. Still, even with hardrock hammers how often does a string break in the real world piano. Del
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