>Hi Anne, > Thank-you, I'll save this post. I take this to mean there is no >reasonable way to replace a string without removing the pin also. >Perhaps now I'll dare to go back and redo a hideous looking coil I made >a decade ago on about my tenth attempt. >-Mike Jorgensen > > Anne Beetem wrote > >> this is obviously done OUT of the harpsichord, and then you hammer it in >> with your little tuning hammer Yes, you always pull the pin first, unless it's one of those nasty drilled zither pins. Then you just have to suffer and wish you had tiny If the hole is getting sloppy, now is when you take a shred of some fine paper, or in a pinch your business card and pop it in the hole too. You're welcome, Mike. Anne Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
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