<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: [CAUT] existing pinblock prep</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252"/> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div> <div>I agree completely and do the same...I'm also wondering if the torque is fine and you are restringing why do we necessarily have to go up a pin size?   </div> <div> </div> <div>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/></div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm@unm.edu> </fssturm@unm.edu><br/>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> </caut@ptg.org><br/>Received: 7/24/2008 10:39:24 AM<br/>Subject: Re: [CAUT] existing pinblock prep<br/><br/> <div> <div align="left">On Jul 24, 2008, at 10:42 AM, David Brown wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/> <blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="word-spacing: 0px; font: 12px Verdana; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0">Re gun brushing- Sometimes when going from # 2 to # 3 pins in a piano where the torque levels are adequate ( 90 – 120 inch lbs , say ) the # 3’s can end up a little tight</span></blockquote> </div> <div><br/></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre"> </span>My own attitude in this situation is why change pins? I do most of my restringing at the university using the same pins (removing old strings from them, and attaching new strings to them, same techniques as replacing an individual string, but mass produced). I only change to a new, larger sized pin when torque has become an issue for tuning stability. Reusing existing pins requires a different technique for restringing, but I find that, all things considered, it is probably a bit faster than changing pins. <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre"> </span>Just another perspective. It does prolong the useful life of the pinblock as well.<br/> <div> <div> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/>Regards,</div> <div>Fred Sturm</div> <div>University of New Mexico</div> <div><a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a></div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"/></div> </div> </div><br/> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>