<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Ah!  Sorry, I overlooked that. <p>Clyde <p>Joe And Penny Goss wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Hi Clyde,</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>No, I take out the action (drop action spinets included) to have better access to the BRIDGE PINS so that I can treat them with CA at the same time that the tuning pins are treated.</font></font>Joe Goss <br><a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</a> <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">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com" title="cedel@supernet.com">Clyde Hollinger</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:49 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: loose-pins</div>  Joe, <p>Since this discussion is about an upright, I assume you take out the action simply as a matter of personal preference, since I see no danger in leaving it in, and it doesn't really get in the way. <p>Regards, <br>Clyde Hollinger <p>Joe And Penny Goss wrote: <blockquote TYPE="CITE"><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>So, usually I tune the piano first then take out the action, treat the tuning pins with two passes on each section (with all the windows open and fans going and a breathing mask so that I look like Darth Vader) and then make two passes with the tilter at 45 degrees (mine rests at that slant on the wheels) on all the treble string bridge pins.</font></font></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>