<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Agreed. However, the "budget" won't allow it. 'Sides, it's not that old...just sloppy manufacturing I suspect. I've seen so many of the Asian, (not Japanese), pieaners, in the first year of existence, with marginally loose pins. After 10 or so years they're just loose! Not sure why, so have to chalk it up to something wrong on the manufacturing end. (Of course they could be using some of that "Select Hardwood".<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">That's my take on it,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">Dale Erwin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2/13/2012 8:44:28 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] RePINing - was message to CA users</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">All <FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">in all....probably easier to restring than wrestle with this mess.<BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT color=royalblue size=1><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT color=black><FONT color=mediumblue face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin RPT-</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=royalblue size=1><FONT color=blueviolet><B><FONT color=black size=2><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT color=darkgreen><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1><FONT color=black><FONT color=blueviolet><FONT color=black><FONT color=black>Mason & Hamlin</FONT>/Steinway/<FONT color=black>U.S pianos</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT color=mediumblue>Pre-hung Ronsen hammer sets/Abel parts</FONT></FONT><BR></FONT>Sitka Soundboards & Supplies<BR><FONT color=black>WWW.Erwinspiano.com</FONT><BR><FONT color=crimson>209-577-8397</FONT><BR><FONT color=darkgreen></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><TT><TT><FONT color=darkgreen><BR> </FONT><BR>  <FONT size=2></FONT></TT></TT><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 7:28 am<BR>Subject: [pianotech] RePINing - was message to CA users<BR><BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_7374f7ac-9ca0-4565-8f03-593976939620><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT> Ron said: "Uh, fellas, didn't he say he was repinning, not restringing?" Ron, OOPS! Mis read, fer sur! Mia Culpa! Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>