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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi George,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Any piano, can end up with loose
pins.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is almost entirely due to the environment that
the piano was in.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Your piano has obviously been in a very dry
environment, sometime in it's life.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Having said that, there is one brand up here, that
seems to have a large number of pianos, with the "loosepinitis", it is an
Amherst Piano. I think they were so popular, that the company manufactured them
with the wood not properly cured, as they were too rushed.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have never heard of that problem, with a
Williams.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gbart@thezone.net href="mailto:gbart@thezone.net">GBartlett</A>
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<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> Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pin blocks!!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was wondering if someone has encountered loose
tuning pins in a Williams[ Canadian] Piano. I have was attempting
to tune one recently and was rather surprised to find such loose pins
throughout the bass and tenor sections. The piano was only a spinit
but was in exceptional condition other than its loose pins. Has any
other tuners come across these Canadian pianos with similar
problems.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>George</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>