removing wrest pins from the piano - my way!

[Avery Todd]

But I thought it was a slow removal like this that created the heat that
we don't want?????

Avery

At 03:41 PM 9/5/05, you wrote:
>  Hello List
>Terry Peterson asked:
>
> >I also would like to get opinions as to how fast, slow to remove them to
>avoid over->heating and/or scortching the pin block. I know the pins WILL
>get hot no matter what, (I tested this by using the very lowest rpm possible
>without stalling) but it seems to me that the main thing to avoid is
>"spinning" the pin in place when/if it stops rising outward during removal.
>I try to use lowest rpms to remove each pin, then releasing trigger when
>it's almost out, letting the drill slow to a stop at which point the pin
>drops out...ideally. thoughts?
>
>This is how I do it. I know it takes a long time and plenty of mugs of tea
>to replace the lost body fluids but..... Restringing takes a long time and
>the end result is all-important. Why use valuable electricity and spend
>money on expensive electric drills with a reverse when a simple hand-brace
>(such as illustrated) will do the same thing at the right speed, infinitely
>controllable ......
>NOW... Will this Posting get through with its attachments without being
>considered "suspicious"?
>
>Regards from a dark night on the Sussex Downs
>Michael G.(UK)
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