Ron, Get an APSCO tip #16225 (thing wall #2) for closely spaced pins. Also get a tip adapter #16234 to screw into it. That way when you find a pin your regular tip won't fit, place the tip & adaptor on the pin and your hammer on the adaptor and tune it without changing tips on your hammer! Warren Ronald R Shiflet wrote: > > About 4 months ago, I restrung a piano that is now coming back to > haunt me. The piano is a Krell Studio. The problem is in the low tenor > right where it breaks to the bass, the tuning pins are so close together > that I cannot get my hammer on them. The manufacturer, put the pins > clear at the top of the plate and did NOT offset each note higher and > lower until about 7 or 8 notes in, so the first 6 notes are exactly side > by side. > When I restrung, I went from a #2 to a #3 pin. What could I have > done differently? What can I do now so that I can get my hammer on these > pins? > > Ron Shiflet -- Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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