<html> >The bridge pins on most pianos are filed flat and will make a well-defined hole in the paper. When the paper is pressed home it will be flat and >secure. The hitchpins are rarely flattened off, often roughly painted and surrounded with the gunge of ages; it is almost impossible to achieve neat >round holes and have the paper lying flat on the string plate Not when you carefully tamp the paper down around the pins with a stiff-bristled brush.  Neat hols are produced. Regards, Jon Page,   piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. <a href="mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:</a>jonpage2001<a href="mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">@mediaone.net</a> <a href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</html>