On Sep 14, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > APSCO, I think it was, used to sell a Wegman "fix" for a > conventional loose tuning pin. You pulled the pin, drilled out a BIG > hole, and drove this "fix" in. I had always meant to buy a couple of > these things to keep as a curiosity, but somehow never did. Now that you mention it, I remember seeing one of those inserts, nearly 30 years ago. According to my memory, you used a standard tuning pin in it, with a portion of the bottom cut off, and it wedged into a slot that was asymmetrical. The Wegman patent describes the tuning pin having a couple "roughened surfaces" to ensure that there is enough friction. Same slot. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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