<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Hi Bob</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  I'd be interested to know how this turned out. Especially if there is no transition bridge involved.  I've done this with trichords with some success.  IE better than nothing not as good as trans bridge. IMO</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>   When additional, or differently located hitch pins<BR>need to be installed, how much difference in diameter<BR>do you drill the hole compared to the size of the pin?<BR><BR>This is for a regular pin and not a roll pin. The<BR>present pins are .168 in dia. I don't know if I have<BR>that size - I just have some of PianoTeks 2 sizes.<BR><BR>Do you drive the new pin in as a force fit?  Is epoxy<BR>suggested?  <BR><BR>This is for a Steinway B on which I'm adding pins for<BR>new wound bichords replacing the 3 low tenor plain<BR>unisons.  <BR><BR>Also, what would you think about german loops in this<BR>situation?  Would the bridge benefit from that or<BR>would the decrease in downbearing be undesirable?  <BR><BR>I did some archive research but this may clarify a<BR>couple of things for me.  <BR><BR>Thanks for your input.<BR><BR>Bob Hull</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>