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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ran into one of these, three years =
ago. I
was pretty surprised just as you were! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't understand why they did it that =
way</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary McCormick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com" title=cedel@supernet.com>Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 08, 2002 =
4:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> becket hole</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Friends,
<P>It looked like I was going to finish early today (yea!! it's =
Friday!!), but
alas, it was not to be. :-( The =
rotten-sounding little
1966 P A Starck spinet decided to break <I>two</I> treble =
strings. I
didn't trust removing the action because all the little fiber nut =
grommets
looked like they were waiting for an excuse to fall apart, too, so I =
knotted
the one string and replaced the other with the action in the piano.
<P>Well, more to the point. The tuning pins were loose so I =
decided to
move up to the next larger size (on the strings I was
repairing/replacing). I was surprised to find that on all three =
of them
the tuning pin becket holes were not drilled all the way =
through! I was
in no mood to do much sleuthing, but I suspect that <I>all</I> the =
treble
tuning pins were the same way.
<P>So, either chalk this one up to my poor powers of observation, or =
else this
is a pretty rare way to go. Which is it?
<P>Regards, <BR>Clyde </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>