<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> strange wrest pin = holes in Plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some years ago I came across a very = strange, but effective, way of ensuring the wrest pins stay tight. The hole in the = Plate was not bushed - indeed it was not round! It was <EM>tapered</EM>! The = effect of this was that the wrest pin was pulled, by string tension, into the = wedge shaped hole and remained for ever tight. How about that = then?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a darkening Sussex Downland</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    In the New World = we had a piano made by Wegman with that principal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    An old timer,(As I = guess I'm getting to be) told me years ago   "It  has egglong = holes in the plate "</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>