<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Am I the only one, having problems with the product supplied over the last few years?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>My original, white plastic one, lasted years.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have had 3 of the 'blue' ones. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They are too soft, the hinge pins drop out, they are too flexible, and jump out of the strings as you tune, and they wear out too fast. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The wearing out, might have something to do with older pianos, and the strings being contaminated ( mild surface corrosion) and being more abrasive. Mind you, the older one lasted longer, same pianos.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am thinking, of adapting my old white one, to take new tips that screw on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>