Hello Don. 9:00pm here & I've just returned from a Harpsichord tuning session in the Pit. Only 20 mins available to tune and the auditorium full of noisy interested punters... . Back to the real world of "Dummy Tuning Pins" I cannot see the point of giving yourself all this extra work when to replace the pin with the next size up will allow you to do a better (I think) job. It seems to me that you're getting yourself into problem areas with the becket if you try and put a pre-formed coil and becket onto an old pin. I only use the old pin if I have a broken string and have to replace it. Then I use the "T" hammer to s l o w l y undo the old pin before winding on the new string. If, however, the string breaks at the coil and there's enough string on the paired pin to unwind and give sufficient string - then I do that. It is better to use the old matching string if poss. This becomes difficult on the overstrung pianos when the metals being "pulled round" are under the bass covered strings. But one adapts you know, one adapts - Yes? Michael G
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