John, With a loose tunig pin your first line of defense IS tapping. The others come into consideration when that will not correct the problem sufficiently. Always support the block with a jack or wedges while driving pins. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 12:49 AM 7/14/98 -0400, you wrote: >List, >I recently was buying some tools and stuff from a tech who was not in our >local chapter or the guild. As we looked over the tools, which he bought >from another tech, the subject of tapping in tuning pins came up. I had >always been allerted that you should never tap or hammer-in loose pins. >There were three proper ways to fix the problem: next or over-sized tuning >pin, metal sleeve, or pin block restorer. I would love to see comments and >debate on this issue, as I would gain from all your various experiences and >situations. Thanks. > >John J Kowalski >Oberlin, OH >Cleveland Chapter > > >
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