Tuning pin sleeves.

[Kent Swafford]

On 6/20/01 5:05 PM, "John Ross" <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I threw the ones I had away, as I was unsatisfied with
> the result, I found that with the metal to metal they would not hold.
> Are they still a recommended fix for loose tuning pins?
> Has anyone actually, used them and been satisfied with the results?
> Did I possibly use them the wrong way, and have been unjust in
> my condemnation of them?

As I have written here before, I find metal tuning  pin sleeves useful, or
rather, I find that having one of them is useful. Open it up, flatten it
out, and save it for use as a template for cutting sleeves out of 150 grit
sandpaper.

Kent Swafford