Hi Clide, DO NOT DO IT! Chances of breaking the top of the pin off are very great, esp. if you happen to try to bend the pin in a line with the hole. That will snap the pin off in a hurry as that is its weAkest point. No not from experience in the piano but I have used old pins chucked in a vise as a tip tool. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:33 AM Subject: Re: Bent Tuning Pins > 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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