<HTML>In a message dated 8/5/02 11:01:33 AM Central Daylight Time, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Anyway, I was wondering, in restringing, I have always gone up in size and used new pins. In some cases the old pins were fairly tight. What do you do? Best regards, John M. Ross </BLOCKQUOTE> Unless you tap the pins out from underneath, in the process of removing the pins with a drill, you enlarge the holes. That is why you should go with one size larger pins. Wim </HTML>