<HTML>In a message dated 08/09/2002 2:59:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Piannaman@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am about to replace all of the bass strings(42 of them) in a 100 year old Story and Clark upright.  The old ones were steel wound and quite tubby.  I've done many individual string repairs, but never a whole set of strings or bass strings.  In the interests of saving money and time, I was thinking of using the old tuning pins.  I suspect that this is probably not the greatest idea, but the pinblock seems remarkably tight.    </BLOCKQUOTE> Dave,  If you do it this way,you will want to back the pins out a half turn.Use a coil maker and put on 2 1/2 turns,and slip the new strings on the pins.It should be very easy, and have good sucess if the old pins are tight. Good stringing, Hazen Bannister</HTML>