<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV>Even with the plate size marked, I have on occasion, forgotten, and = gone past the mark. </DIV> <DIV>What I do now, is count out the number of pins, needed, till the = next wire change. When, I run out of pins, it is time to change.</DIV> <DIV>I have never restrung, with the old pins, although I suppose in = some cases, there might not have been a reason to change.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is the consensus? Is it a requirement for new larger pins to = be installed on a restring?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 04, 2002 = 11:37 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: stringing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, = <BR>What I do is go ahead and cut the number of strings I need, of one wire size,so = that when I run out of wire,I know it's time to change size. It also helps = to get in a rhythm, <BR>making it easier to focus on one task at a = time,actually Don Valley taught me this way. <BR>Best, <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>