<!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 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>no, just below or above the bridge pin. I'm going by what I heard, but maybe I had a close to middle aged moment, but I'm sure that's what they said, not directly on the pin, but just below and above.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 09, 2006 6:09 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: More on hearing protection</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Marshall, <BR><BR>I don't want to get off-topic here, but at the bridge pins is not where one levels strings. ;-)<BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 11:19 PM 6/8/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica">Hi John,<BR>I don't know. I'm not old yet. ;) I'm still a teen ager, age 40. going on 41.:) LOL <BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica">Do you place the shank just above and below the bridge pin as one does to level the string?  Does the hammer shank need to have a point or can I take an old hammer from an action and take the top off and use the flat smooth end of the shank?  Thanks again.<BR>Marshall</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>