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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looseness of pins is most likely to =
overheating of
the drillbit during pinblock drilling</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au"
title=jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au>Jarred Finnigan</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> Sunday, November 28, 1999 =
11:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What would you =
do?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hi list!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I have recently subscribed =
to this list
and before posing my little dilemma I would just like to express how =
grateful
I am for the great wealth of experience that exists out there,
thanks!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I do a fair bit of tuning =
for one of
Australia's largest piano houses and today came across a slightly =
unusual
problem (unusual to me anyway). I was pitch raising a brand new =
"Gors
& Khalman" upright out of the "Pearl River" factory in China (yuk, =
awful). As you will know if you have ever had the "privilege" of =
tuning
one of these instruments they typically have extremely tight tuning
pins. This one had very loose pins two of which would not even =
hold
pitch.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Of course I have been asked =
to write
the mandatory report. Apart from the obvious re-pin, what would =
you
do?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Any replies greatly
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Jarred =
Finnigan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>APTTA PTTG =
(VIC)<BR><A
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href="mailto:jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au">jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au</A><B=
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