stringing

[HazenBannister@cs.com]

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In a message dated 08/09/2002 2:59:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Piannaman@AOL.COM writes:


> I am about to replace all of the bass strings(42 of them) in a 100 year old 
> Story and Clark upright.  The old ones were steel wound and quite tubby.  
> I've done many individual string repairs, but never a whole set of strings 
> or bass strings.  In the interests of saving money and time, I was thinking 
> of using the old tuning pins.  I suspect that this is probably not the 
> greatest idea, but the pinblock seems remarkably tight.   
> 
> 

Dave,
  If you do it this way,you will want to back the pins out a half turn.Use a 
coil maker and put on 2 1/2 turns,and slip the new strings on the pins.It 
should be very easy, and have good sucess if the old pins are tight.
Good stringing,
Hazen Bannister

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