<HTML>In a message dated 5/23/02 3:43:08 PM Central Daylight Time, ronspianoservice@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi everyone, I've been fighting a Steinway L 1954 for the past 3 months. It was donated to a church recently. I did a quick tuning on it a few weeks after delivery and it responded as well as any piano would after it has been moved. In the past month individuals strings have been seriously dropping in pitch, mostly in the mid to upper treble. As I checked pin tightness they were very loose. So I shimmed the offenders with sandpaper. It seems that every other week I am finding new pins that need attention. I realize a piano is going to have some stability issues after a move, but that severe? What do you think is the best coarse of action for this piano? Any and all input would be appreciated. Thanks, Ron Ochs Ron's Piano Service- Klamath Falls, OR </BLOCKQUOTE> Ron Sounds like a crack in the pin block. It would be my recommendation that you replace the pin block. Wim </HTML>