<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got a customer with loose tuning = pins (well, I mean her piano, of course).  It's an old upright piano of nominal value.  Normally I would not drive the tuning pins to correct = this, I would do the CA glue thing (unless there are indications of a more = serious problem).  But in this case I am considering driving 'em, because:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) The tuning pins are really high = (about 1 inch), and there is lots of room between the coils and the = plate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) All the pins in the piano seem to = have about the same torque.  So that makes me think that I'm not seeing a cracked = pinblock problem.  </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>  </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments, support, or derision = please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Henke<BR>Portland, Oregon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>