In 6 years, one broken pin. It was one of my first tunings (number 4 I believe). I had no support group to help me, no replacement pins (I had the basic tuning and regulating kit from Schaff) and had never looked at the business end of a tuning pin before. I am ashamed to say that I left it. There had been several other broken pins on the upright, an Australian make I believe, and the customer told me it had "bottle-shaped pins". There was a hatch in the back to access the rear of the pinblock. I have never seen or experienced another of its kind. I do still carry the guilt though... Ich bin ein schlecte Kreute. Eric Leatha, RPT Portland, OR tunrboy@teleport.com "The Buddha, the Godhead, is just as at home in the circuits of a computer or the action of piano as on the top of a mountain or the petals of a Lotus flower." -Robert Persig (freely interpreted by undersigned)
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