<!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 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian L wrote:"The point is, you = are taking the pins out because they are loose and so they are going to come out = without much friction."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not always the case. In the S. = Florida area, restringing is done many times with relatively new pianos new = due to the salt exposure to the strings. I had to do a tear down  today = with pin torque in the high 150's range. T</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> <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">----- O</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">riginal Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ptg@pianotech.org href="mailto:ptg@pianotech.org">Brian = Lawson</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> Monday, September 05, = 2005 5:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Removing wrest = pins...</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use a Ryobi drill similar to one in = the pic. about 500w, give it a 1/2 sec click on the switch. The point = is, you are taking the pins out because they are loose and so they are going to = come out without much friction.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael, It takes about 20 minutes, = with one cup of coffee!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="http://www.ryobitools.com/product/img/threequartermed/D550HKmd.jpg= " align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian - Britsh by birth but living in = the 21st Century</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>