<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/1/04 12:00:18 AM Central Standard Time, roger.j@sa= sktel.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Tap the bridge pin with a pin punch, the frict= ion of the slight movement of the pin, is more than enough to seat the strin= g.<BR>   If you have to touch the string,  just press down wi= th a very blunt screw driver, parallel to the bridge pin is all it takes.&nb= sp;  A false beat caused by a bad notch, or a loose pin, will not be cl= eared up by tapping the string.<BR><BR>No tapping strings,  it is bad f= or the health of the piano.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Roger</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know about tapping the bridge pins. I learned that from you at a semi= nar. I guess I missed the point that just tapping the pins is enough, and th= at tapping the strings is not necessary. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>