<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Mason and Hamlin A,circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pins inbass...</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That's my question also. I'll also add - why?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tom?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left>How do you keep tension on the strings as you're spinning them out?<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: bunkyaol <BUNKYPIANO@AOL.COM> </BUNKYPIANO@AOL.COM><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Obviously pin block, remove strings by keeping tension on them as you spin them out...ca & pin block restorer and metal sleeves, oversize all the bass pins, re install and tune, remove original bend....you've got a pin block to replace but this may give you a few years, maybe not if it's delamed or split, good luck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>tom mc</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>