<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hi list!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I have recently subscribed to = this list and before posing my little dilemma I would just like to express how = grateful I am for the great wealth of experience that exists out there, thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I do a fair bit of tuning for = one of Australia's largest piano houses and today came across a slightly = unusual problem (unusual to me anyway).  I was pitch raising a brand new = "Gors & Khalman" upright out of the "Pearl River" factory in China (yuk, awful).  As you will know if you have ever had the "privilege" of = tuning one of these instruments they typically have extremely tight tuning = pins.  This one had very loose pins two of which would not even hold pitch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Of course I have been asked = to write the mandatory report.  Apart from the obvious re-pin, what would you do?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Any replies greatly appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Jarred Finnigan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>APTTA    PTTG = (VIC)<BR><A href="mailto:jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au">jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au</A><B= R></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>