<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello and Happy New Year to All</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know if my way of replacing random tuning pins is any better than anyone elses, but I will share it with you anyway. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First back the pin out enough to remove the becket from the pin hole using a smell screw driver and needle noses pliers. Then back the pin out the rest of the way. Put your new pin inside the coils of the string and then start it in the tuning pin hole. Turn it down until it is about 1 and 1/2 turns above being level with the rest of the pins. Put the becket back in the hole and turn it down until the coil is tight. Level the coils and tune and you are done.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Removing and replacing the becket is a little trickey on heavy bass strings but I very seldom break a becket.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shreveport, LA</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=piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pinsinbass...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Martin,<BR><BR>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></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl, RPT<BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>dstahlpiano.net</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----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><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_50553112-6c78-4d7d-b303-8397ee49624a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Terry:<BR> <BR> 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> <BR> Martin Wisenbaker, RPT<BR> Houston, Texas <BR> </TT></PRE></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>