<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE= ="Arial" LANG="0">Terry,you can un-screw the top portion of a metal pen.= I use a Cross pen.Put it over the top of the hitch-pin to tap strings down.T= o lift strings up,you can use a small screw driver placed on top of a small = voicing block to push them up.But at tension this can be hard to do.It is mu= ch easier to set down bearing with the strings high on the pin ,tapping them= down.  George Fiore S. Jersey Chapter</FONT></HTML>