<html> Barbara,     Had a Kimball like that, that also had some slightly loose pins in the low tenor cluster. They had enough space so I could tap the bottom (right) pin in a bit, and that freed-up some of the upper pins. Tapping the middle pin in a little gave me three planes of string height off the plate. Just about the thickness of the string, though. Not really a lot. Didn't always help when there was a sizeable deflection sideways. I have used Protek on the strings, with fair results. Especially when there is under-string felt crammed in that little space. Seems to help the strings render over the felt. Then again, a muggy day out here is about 24%RH. May make a difference. Some of the overlapped strings I've seen didn't respond to any manipulation at all. Just had to use BFFI, and hope for the best. Good Luck, Guy Nichols At 04:35 PM 2/14/2004 -0600, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hey all,   Gone are the days when I only worked on good pianos!  A lot of good techniques have come along since I was on maternity leave.  I've checked the archives for the subject of Protek on strings and read a great deal, but didn't see this particular case mentioned:   This past week I tuned a Cable Nelson console which suffered from a case of strings that overlap in the tuning pin section, making it a tad difficult to set unisons (or anything else for that matter).  You know, you get one string set, tune the next, and it throws the previous one off again.  Grrr.  Would it help to dab a bit of Protek on them?  Would it be too risky being that close to the pinblock?  Has anyone done this before?   Thanks for your help.   Barbara Richmond, RPT There nothing like starting up a business again, somewhere near Peoria, IL.    </blockquote></html>