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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>I assume it is the
friction around the tuning pin which</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>is slowly allowing
the stress in the wire to overcome it.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Which is why that early on
during the chipping process</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I use parallel pliers to
squeeze the coil and continue to</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">apply that force while
rotating them counter-clockwise</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">to advance this slackening in
the wire. It does allow for</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">a more stable pitch retention,
it's an adjunct to reducing</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">the natural curve at other
termination points.</font></div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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