<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi list!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT size=2>I am going to replace the bass strings in a little = Steck grand (I can't recall the size), which is remaining in the client's = home.  I want to add some tenor wound strings as the piano has a very bad case of = "tenor tubbies" - by memory, the bass/tenor break is at notes 27/28 - too = low for a piano of this size.  I am experienced in rescalling these = strings.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Question: Do you see any problems with drilling the = plate for additional hitchpins while the piano is strung and at pitch?  I = have not done this in someone's home before.  Of course, I will have to = discuss it with the client first otherwise I think she might freak when I get out = my big drill and start drilling holes in her piano!  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    Stephen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Stephen Powell RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Auckland, NZ</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>