<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I normally used to ream, before repining.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>However on this latest piano, the pins were tight on removal. Sorry, I forgot to take a torque measurement.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I normally just go up one size, unless they are really loose.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am tempted to just go up the one size, and not ream. I do use pin driving fluid.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I would like to be reminded of the pros, and cons of each procedure.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is a good quality upright, a Heintzman, with what they call an Agraffe Bridge, patented in 1895. It is the one with the three holes drilled through the plate, aligning the strings.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It had no 1/2 sizes of strings. I am adding a few that seem to improve the inharmonicity, according to PSCALE.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>