[CAUT] existing pins

[Jim Busby]

Jeff,

What Dale said. I got one and love it! And Harbor Freight has them on sale right now for about $149.00 if you have their catalog. I got mine at a local hardware store for $100.00 because they lost a caster (I had an extra...)

Pulling with the "pins in" sometimes requires a gentle bit of wiggling or bumping with a rubber mallet to get the pins to release. If you do it just with people lifting there's a lot of potential injury waiting for the guy that has his fingers in the wrong place. And then there is the finish damage that can happen while moving around with it... Personally I'd never try it w/o this, or a hoist. Especially a D.

Jim Busby BYU

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ward & Probst, Inc
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:27 PM
To: 'College and University Technicians'
Subject: Re: [CAUT] existing pins

Hi Jeff,

I've used a shop crane for pulling plates quite a few times. An example is here: http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840
It folds up pretty compactly for storage.
DP
Dale Probst, RPT
Midwestern State University
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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Farris
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Cc: linnroath at mail.utexas.edu
Subject: [CAUT] existing pins
Hey list,

One more post about restringing with existing pins. We had a lot of good points brought up last time. I like Jon Page's beckett tool, for instance.

This time I'm curious if anyone has  pulled the plate, without a hoist, while leaving the existing tuning pins in place. We do not have means to mount anything like a wench or whatever to pull plates. We normally have our movers show up with enough manpower to simply lift them out, and set them back in place. But we've never attempted using the existing pins. It happens to be a "D". I'm concerned about the angle of the pins vs. the nosebolts. And holding all that weight long enough to deal with any "problems" that pop up.  Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever done it?

Jeff Farris
Piano Technician
School of Music
UT Austin
jfarris at mail.utexas.edu
512-471-0158
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