If you decide to use oversize pins, try mine. They are oversize only in the pin block and up to the coils. Above that they are standard size, so you can match the size of the surrounding pins. Contact me privately if interested. Other possibilities are C-A glue or shimming with emery cloth. Paul Larudee larudee@pacbell.net dwrlhf@juno.com 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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