I'm not Jon, but that won't stop me........ ;-) I usually replace all hitch pins with vertical. However, sometime the client wishes to retain the rear duplex look/whatever - not a problem. The vertical hitches have more positive impact on the piano as ones moves down the scale toward the bass anyway. I suspect it could easily be debated how much benefit comes from the vertical hitch in the high treble. I don't see why/how whether you have vertical hitches or standard would affect target downbearing. Most rear duplexs I've worked with are only a few millimeters tall, so that works out well for how high I would want my string on an adjacent vertical hitch pin. I agree with you about just whacking the old hitch pins off with a cold chisel. Fast & easy. Then I fair the area with some fairing epoxy. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > You mentioned that you replaced only the bass and tenor section hitchpins > with a vertical hitchpin. Why not the whole enchilada? > Am I corrected in surmising that the piano on which you left the treble > hitch pins alone had rear duplexes? If so, how did you set bearing > combining the two techniques? What was your reasoning in keeping the rear > duplexes? > > I have done one set of bass bridge hitch pins changing to a vertical hitch > pin. I followed Ron Nossaman's advice and sheared off the old hitch pins > with a cold chisel. Took all of 10 minutes once I got going. Then center > punched and drilled the vertical holes with the plate under my drill > press. > Once I overcame the fear factor, it was actually pretty simple and > straightforward. > > Will Truitt
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