<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Michael,<BR><BR>A local technician, here in= the Bay Area, invented a tuning pin with #3/0, 4/0 threads and= 2/0 tops.   Pianotek has them..."lo-torque" tuning= pins.   Made by Diamond, I believe.<BR><BR>David= I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Michael Gamble= <MICHAEL@GAMBLES.FSNET.CO.UK><BR>To:= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:35:32= +0100<BR>Subject: re-stringing and CA<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought I'd start a thread about= re-stringing. We usually use the "next-size-up" tuning pins when= re-stringing but basic science tells me that the smaller the pin= the less unwinding leverage on it from the string. So. How= about a new set of tuning pins the same size as the old and= using CA to "glue" them in....Ha! Ha!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a darkening wintry= Sussex village</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael= G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>