<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As broken t-pins are rare = occurrences, I don't think the tip size is much of a factor...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=josephspiano@attbi.com = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">Joseph Alkana</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, = 2002 8:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Broken TP</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Avery,</DIV> <DIV>Sorry I don't have any suggestions for you, I just hope that = never happens to me! (I avoid Baldwins where ever possible :-) I = do have a question, though. What is the fit of your hammer like on the tuning = pins? I've wondered if having a very close fitting tip will aid in the prevention = of broken TPs at the becket hole area. Any thoughts? For years I've used = a #3 Schaff tip whenever possible to get a close fit to the coil. = It can feel a little sloppy to some, but I've grown accustomed to it. = Thoughts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=atodd@UH.EDU href="mailto:atodd@UH.EDU">Avery Todd</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, = 2002 5:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Broken TP</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>List,<BR><BR>Anyone have a good way to extract a = broken tuning pin<BR>on a new Baldwin Hamilton? There's about 1/4" still<BR>extending beyond the plate but it's EXTREMELY tight<BR>in = the block!<BR><BR>I've never had this happen to me and actually, this<BR>information is for another tech. Any brilliant ideas<BR>out = there? Thanks.<BR><BR>Avery<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>