---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >Not always the case. In the S. Florida area, restringing is done many = >times with relatively new pianos new due to the salt exposure to the = >strings. I had to do a tear down today with pin torque in the high = >150's range. If the pins are tight, you can back the pins off 3/4 turn, remove the strings and install a new wire (using a dummy pin to make the new coil). I restrung an old Chickering this past winter this way. it was on a previous rebuild where they had placed balance rail punchings under the wire at the hitch pins; corrosion formed breaking strings constantly. -- Regards, Jon Page ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0a/bb/a7/a6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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