---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 07:13 AM, James Baker wrote: > I pitch raised and tuned this piano.=A0 It had some new strings and = knots=20 > in places and 4 strings broke which I spliced.=A0=A0I had to order a = new=20 > wound string and while putting it on yesterday, a string I wasn't even=20= > working on broke.=A0 The pin was too loose to hold tension on a new=20 > string. > =A0 > My question: The piano looks in good shape otherwise (back, action,=20 > bridges), It has a brass hammer rail, I think. Make sure it and the clips are in=20= good shape. > should I recommend restringing with over sized pins or not?=A0 I think the Vose pins are tapered so you might need to ream before=20 installing new pins. I also seem to recall pins bottoming out when=20 driving them deeper. In other words, check it out carefully before diving into it. Patrick ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1091 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/46/a4/d6/01/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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