<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi, I just picked up a Broadwood grand, 1882, 7'2",Rosewood, one<BR>diagonal and one longitudinal bar,underdamper as = well as a curious<BR>"gunmetal harmonic bar" found where a capo tasto bar normally = is. This<BR>piano is in absolutely original condition- pins wire cloth etc. It<BR>needs minor refinishing and cleaning only.  Now it has = somewhat rusty<BR>strings and I would like to restring it, but it also has the infamous<BR>screw type oblong head pins and I fear that the tuning = torque would be<BR>too low if I attempted to reuse these.<BR>I am concerned to = preserve the original state of this piano as with<BR>all the 19thC pianos I have seen = they rarely have original cloths etc,<BR>and these are critical to setting up = the actions.<BR>This piano is to be sold eventually and if I dont replace = the pins,<BR>someone else probably will as few techs have the necessary tuning<BR>wrench oblong tips.<BR>Any opinions?<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Andrew Nolan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>