<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f">Hi List, Just want your opinion on a problem that I am having with a cert= ain brand of pianos.  There are several that I am servicing of the same= brand that do not use a plate bushing.  Several months after shipment = from the manufacturer I have noticed that the tuning pins have moved forward= in the plate holes to the point of the pins touching the front of the tunin= g pin holes in the plate.  The pins have now rotated to the point that = most of them are no longer slanting back (7degrees) but are now either strai= ght up and down or actually tilting forward having pivoted on the front of t= he plate hole.  The manufacturer says that "most techs don't think= this is a problem."  This situation is also accompanied by very notice= able tuning instability. I happen to think that this is a great problem and = have told them so.  What do you think? TP</BODY></HTML>