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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>Not always the
case. In the S. Florida area, restringing is done many =<br>
>times with relatively new pianos new due to the salt exposure to
the =</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>strings. I had
to do a tear down today with pin torque in the high
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>150's
range.</font></div>
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<div>If the pins are tight, you can back the pins off 3/4 turn, remove
the strings and</div>
<div>install a new wire (using a dummy pin to make the new coil). I
restrung an old</div>
<div>Chickering this past winter this way. it was on a previous
rebuild where they had</div>
<div>placed balance rail punchings under the wire at the hitch pins;
corrosion formed</div>
<div>breaking strings constantly.</div>
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Jon Page</div>
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