<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loos</title></head><body> <div>At 11:51 -0600 29/12/07, <mccleskey112@bellsouth.net> wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>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.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>That's more like it!  It's most important at all times to keep the original bend at the becket and not to straighten it.  I loosen the string about one whole turn, insert an awl into the becket and then use it as a lever to prise out the becket and pull off the coils.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The new pin can then be put put through the coils and the becket squeezed part-way in using _smooth_jawed_ pliers.  It's best to wait till the coils have closed up under some initial tension before squeezing the becket right home.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240811c39d4472cf0c@[10.0.0.2].1.0"></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240811c39d4472cf0c@[10.0.0.2].1.1"></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240811c39d4472cf0c@[10.0.0.2].1.2"></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240811c39d4472cf0c@[10.0.0.2].1.3"></div> </body> </html>