<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Martin,<br>
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Thanks for this tip. It will be useful in this and other string related repairs in the future. Loose pins have several possible fixes short and long term. Keeping the beckets intact is key to making the repair less complicated than it could be.<br>
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<div style="clear: both;">Dave Stahl, RPT<br>
Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
dstahlpiano.net</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Martin Wisenbaker <mbjwisenbaker@juno.com><br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 5:50 am<br>
Subject: Re: Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pins inbass...<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Terry:<br>
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If while you are backing out the tuning pin, someone else is pulling up<br>
on the string at the same time, after getting it out from under the<br>
damper, it prevents a strain in the other direction on the beckett which<br>
usually will keep it from breaking off. It works every time for me.<br>
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Martin Wisenbaker, RPT<br>
Houston, Texas <br>
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