>Dear List: > Opinions please. The piano is a Samick, about ten years old, >with half a dozen pins in the bass which are loose, three or four or >which hardly will hold a tune. > Would you > 1) replace the pins with larger ones, > or > 2) epoxy the holes and drive the original pins, > or > 3) other ? >Leslie Bartlett Samick pins are 0.276" in diameter. Pull them, ream with a 7mm or a 'J' bit and put in standard 2/0 x 2 1/2" pins. This piano likely has a Delignit pinblock. If you don't ream, chances are the 2/0 pins will be 'snappin' tight! Regards, Stan Kroeker Registered Piano Technician Kroeker & Sons Piano Experts 59 Quiring Bay Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R2G 1Y5 Ph. 204-669-5881 Res. 204-661-5621
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