Friends, Every now and then I come to a tuning pin I would *like* to bend a little -- the occasional pin in the midrange of a spinet or console that is too close to a neighboring pin to get the tuning hammer on it solidly. So far I have resisted attempting to bend a pin, for fear I would damage the pinblock and cause another problem. Yes, I know about the thin-wall tips. But I haven't bought one yet, after all these years! And it also seems to me that not having to change the tip every time I tune the piano would be preferable. Has anyone deliberately tried to bend a pin in the instance I mention here? How do you do it without making another problem, or is it always inadvisable? Regards, Clyde Richard Brekne wrote: > Oh you can bend them allright. The average tuning lever > certainly gives you enough leverage. Take a new one and > drill a hole in the closest telephone pole and screw it in, > then give it your best shot... you will bend it easily > enough me thinks.
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