Lance, The thing to do in this situation: Put the piece of felt on the hitchpins, take sandpaper #180 , a sanding cork, put one hand on the felt and gently sand over the felt in strokes away from your hand. When the pins are showing throu the felt, (the holes don't have to be the same size as the pins) push the pins throu the felt. Do this in small sections. Regrads, Michiel van Loon Meppel the Netherlands mvanloon@xs4all.nl www.xs4all.nl/~mvanloon >The last two pianos I've restrung had understringing felt that covered the >entire hitch area. Basically it was a strip of felt over the hitches with >holes punched in the felt to neatly allow the pins to poke through. I >tried a paper punch, but the holes were a little big and the exact location >of the hole was difficult to make. Any other ways to duplicate this >method? A leather punch with smaller punch sizes? Doing a template? The >old felt was really shot and partially eaten. Thanks. >Lance Lafargue, RPT >New Orleans Chapter >Covington, LA. >lafargue@iamerica.net >
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