>Clyde Hollinger posted: >...Some of the tuning pins were so exceedingly tight that I >really expected something to break; never ran into anything quite that >tight before or since. Any advice? Just make certain your tuning lever tip is seated on the tuning pin close to the coil and tune away. If something is going to break, it's going to break. Not very scientific on my part though. >How about turning the pin back and >forth about a quarter turn a couple times? I don't see that as being beneficial at all in this particular situation. To me it only provides more opportunity for something to fail, maybe the very thing you are hoping to prevent from happening. Keith McGavern kam544@earthlink.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA http://www.ptg.org/1999/conv/ PTG Convention, Kansas City, July
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