Broken Pins

[Jon Page]

A thin wall tuning tip is a good thing to carry for close pins.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 01:43 AM 1/6/97 -0600, you wrote:
>one of the pins was bent too near its neighbor,so that I couldn't get my
>hammer on it without forcing it.  Of course this led to all kinds of tuning
>stability problems for both notes. Out of frustration, I got the  hammer in
>the best
>position and literally bent the pin back into a reasonable place.  It
>bent easier than I anticipated, didn't break, (also as anticipated) and it
>didn't ruin my tip.
>
>Richard Moody
>
>

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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