<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello John and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old pins are grotty, rusted and = deformed and would not be worth preserving and re-bluing. Apart from which the old = pins will have their scoring (the end part of the pin which is in the plank) = filled with old wood particles and rust. The new pins will be chromed and indeed .. = new. The object is to find out what your collective reaction is to = CA-ing in new pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 = 9:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing and = CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Michael,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It doesn't make sense to buy the same = size, new. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> If you want to try the C/A, save = your customer the cost of the new pins, you can always 'reblue' the old ones.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</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> Friday, July 01, 2005 = 5:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re-stringing and = CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought I'd start a thread about = re-stringing. We usually use the "next-size-up" tuning pins when re-stringing but = basic science tells me that the smaller the pin the less unwinding = leverage on it from the string. So. How about a new set of tuning pins the = same size as the old and using CA to "glue" them in....Ha! Ha!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a darkening wintry = Sussex village</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>