Using oversized pins

[jolly roger]

Hi Dave,
              Use the thin CA glue, Remove the action first, as a safety
measure. Don't want and running through and gumming up the works.
Roger



At 04:07 PM 6/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
>As a former part-timer in piano tuning and repair,  I have never dealt
>with replacing loose pins in a grand.  I am working on a grand in a local
>school system without a lot of $$ for piano repair.  I am volunteering to
>repair what I can for them as a temporary fix.  There are about 6 or 8
>very loose pins, some that cannot hold the pitch at all and some for only
>a short amount of time.  I am thinking of replacing the loose ones with
>oversized pins.  Do you have any suggestions as to how to do this fix?
>...... do I need to replace the strings for these as well?   I would
>appreciate any advice from those of you with greater experience.  Thanks
>
>Dave at:
>
>dwrlhf@juno.com
>
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