<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello John</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your input! ;-) </FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=2>In fact the old pins aren't as described in this = <EM>particular</EM> case. The thought of using new chrome instead of blued pins just for the = <EM>look </EM>of them and in the hope that same-size new pins might <EM>possibly</EM>, with the use of CA, be an option.... In reaming the = hole a larger size pin is indeed the only option.... but if it <EM>doesn't = </EM>need reaming ... what then? This is for open discussion so I'm posting to the = List</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 = 10:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing and = CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sounds like the holes need reamed to = new wood. Then the low torque pins as suggested, size determined by the amount = of wood removed.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 = 6:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing and = CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello John and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old pins are grotty, rusted and = deformed and would not be worth preserving and re-bluing. Apart from which = the old pins will have their scoring (the end part of the pin which is in = the plank) filled with old wood particles and rust. The new pins will be = chromed and indeed .. new. The object is to find out what your collective reaction is to CA-ing in new pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 = 9:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: re-stringing = and CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Michael,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It doesn't make sense to buy the = same size, new. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> If you want to try the C/A, = save your customer the cost of the new pins, you can always 'reblue' the old = ones.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, = 2005 5:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re-stringing and = CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought I'd start a thread = about re-stringing. We usually use the "next-size-up" tuning pins when = re-stringing but basic science tells me that the smaller the pin = the less unwinding leverage on it from the string. So. How = about a new set of tuning pins the same size as the old and using CA to = "glue" them in....Ha! Ha!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a darkening wintry = Sussex village</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael = G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></= BODY></HTML>