Tight and Squeaky Tuning Pins

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In a message dated 8/1/1999 2:53:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rrg@nevada.edu 
writes:

> Having
>  completed the stringing I am now finding that the pins are
>  excessively tight, tighter than my pre stringing tests.
>  They are also very jumpy and squeaky.  I have strung many
>  pianos and have always had excellent results, even on my
>  first piano.  This is the first time I have experienced this
>  kind of result.  The piano is tunable but not anywhere near
>  as friendly as it should be.

The worst part about this is trying to get that pin "right on" when tuning. 
It will tend to jump and control is tough. I wish I had a solution. Just 
curious - Did you use pin driving fluid?

Richard Galassini
Cunningham Piano Co.
1 800 394 1117