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[Piannaman@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 8/9/02 6:07:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
HazenBannister@cs.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

Hazen,

Thanks for the advice!  Should be educational, rewarding--and time consuming! 
 Looking forward to it, though!

Dave

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