Not such a stupid question

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hi Anne,
    Thank-you, I'll save this post.  I take this to mean there is no
reasonable way to replace a string without removing the pin also.
Perhaps now I'll dare to go back and redo a hideous looking coil I made
a decade ago on about my tenth attempt.
-Mike Jorgensen

 Anne Beetem wrote

> this is obviously done OUT of the harpsichord, and then you hammer it in
> with your little tuning hammer