Restringing just the bass

[rbeaton]

Jon...
When you say" cut the pin 1/4 inch below the hole"...do you mean saw it
off...thus making a short dummy pin???
Dick RPT MT

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> From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Restringing just the bass
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:28 AM
> 
> If you are useing the same pins, only back them out 3/4 turn
> to place the becket about 5:00.
> 
> Cut the new wire to length (4 fingers or a handy measure like
> the Becket Tool :-).
> 
> Make the coil on a dummy pin. This is a pin which has the hole drilled
> slightly larger and cut 1/4" below the hole. Also a slot is cut from the
> bottom to the hole, this will allow the coil to be removed from the pin
> quickly and without expanding. (This is a past List tip I received).
> 
> Install the coil on the old pin and a 3/4 turn brings you back to
tension.
> No need to listen if your wire is cut to the right length. This speeds up
the
> restringing procedure.
> 
> If you are replacing the pins, use a gun barrel cleaning brush in drill
> to remove the glaze from the sides of the holes.
> 
> Tune,
> 
> Jon Page
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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> 
> At 07:33 PM 6/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >One thing we all forgot about is tuning pin torque.
> >
> >It's probably pretty good, especially in humid Washington, but backing
> >out each pin three turns could reduce the torque in the area of the
> >piano that tends to suffer from loose pins first in the long term.  
> >
> >How many of you would back out the pins only one turn and use a dummy
> >pin?  How many would use oversize pins?  
> >
> >Carl
> >
> >
> >