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Original message<BR>From: "Jeff Tanner" <JTANNER@MOZART.SC.EDU><BR>To: "College and University Technicians" <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 12/4/2006 12:14:07 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] re-stringing Steinway D: pinblock preparation<BR><BR>
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<DIV>On Dec 2, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Ken Zahringer wrote:</DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Remove the old pins with a brace or ratchet, not an electric drill. It’s more work, but it keeps the heat down and won’t glaze the hole.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></LI></OL></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>Ken,<BR>
<DIV>I'll have to take issue with this. Another technician here showed me exactly the opposite just recently. Removing the pins with a brace (or even a T-stringing hammer) got the pins so hot you couldn't hold them. The electric drill didn't give them time to get hot. They were warm, but you could hold them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV>
<DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV>
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