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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jeff,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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…)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ward
& Probst, Inc<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'College and University Technicians'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] existing pins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'>Hi Jeff,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I've used a shop crane for pulling plates quite a few times. An
example is here: <a
href="http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840">http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>It folds up pretty compactly for storage.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:blue'>DP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dale
Probst, RPT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Midwestern
State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jeff Farris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> College and University Technicians<br>
<b>Cc:</b> linnroath@mail.utexas.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CAUT] existing pins</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hey
list,<br>
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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. <br>
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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?<br>
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Jeff Farris<br>
Piano Technician<br>
School of Music<br>
UT Austin<br>
<a href="jfarris@mail.utexas.edu">jfarris@mail.utexas.edu</a><br>
512-471-0158<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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