<HTML>In a message dated 6/10/02 11:36:48 AM Central Daylight Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, please tell me you don't put different sized pins in a restring/O.S. pin situation. That really gets me going! There is absolutely NO REASON to do that. Please tell me you ream for the appropriate sized pins, throughout the piano. It's really fun to tune one of those with the odd sized pins. I ran into a piano that had everything from 2/0's to 6/0's. What a joy to tune! :-( </BLOCKQUOTE> OK, so I won't tell you. But seriously, Joe, putting in a larger pin is not all that bad.  If there is a situation where a pin has to replaced because the hole has gotten too big, then what is wrong with it? In fact, I have read that some techs even go up one size pin just when replacing a string. While tuning a piano with different sized pins might not be ideal, it is better than having loose pins. The difference in torque, and having to switch heads, is our problem. All the customer wants, is an in tune piano. Wim  </HTML>