[CAUT] Stripped tuning pin head

[keenak at verizon.net]

Hi
This is not a new piano but a new clients piano. It's a W.H. Paling and Co. Ltd. Sydney, Australia. The piano is in great shape. The other pins turn nicely with my Jensen tip. Three of them were totally worn down. I didn't have my #1 Apsco tip with me at the time. I'm looking for alternatives if my other tip does not grip them.  The serial number is 13527.

Keena

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Ed  Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
Sender: caut-bounces at ptg.org
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:45:43 
To: James Patrick Draine<draine at me.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
Reply-to: Ed  Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>, caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stripped tuning pin head

I wish I knew. Ihave the same problem: the Watanabes are great, but seem to 
run a bit large.
My best small tips have come from eBay antique tuner kits.
Ed S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Patrick Draine" <draine at me.com>
To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stripped tuning pin head


>
> On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:
>
>> What size tuning pin tip are you using?
>
> Speaking of which, what is the best source for tuning head tips for 
> smaller than "1/0". I was working on an older English grand this summer; 
> my Watanabe 1/0 tips flopped all over the place (and would have damaged 
> the tuning pins if I used one of them). I had an older APSCO one piece 
> tuning head/tip that was passably functional but still way too wobbly.
> Patrick Draine
>