When I am restringing, it is generally an old piano with rusty thunky strings and a sloppy sloppy block. Therefore, I am generally replacing 2/0 pins with 4/0. I use a 1/2 inch drive that has the impact drill feature which I set to "on" which, in my warped little mind, seems to work like jerk tuning to overcome resistance. I don't spin it out fast enough to repeat the error of Mrs. O'Leary's cow, but neither do I worry excessively about heat or even mild scorching (or scroching, which I first typed and is a funnier word). My unscientific, possibly wacko, theory is that with the upsizing of my order, slight overcooking isn't going to be a problem. In my experience, it has not. I am in my foxhole: Fire away ... Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri > [Original Message] > From: Avery Todd <avery1@houston.rr.com> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 09/05/2005 3:50:30 PM > Subject: Re:removing wrest pins from the piano - my way! > > But I thought it was a slow removal like this that created the heat that > we don't want????? > > Avery >
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