In a message dated 11/25/01 1:48:23 PM, Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: << To flagpole a pin to get the string in tune, but not rendering the pin is wrong. But to bend the pin and rendering it, or setting it, thus rendering the string, is the right. >> I read this a couple of times and thought about it. I think I do both. After turning the pin, I do use a bit of downward pressure to the left. This would be rendering the pin---making sure it's not torqued. Then I flagpole upward, pulling the string sharp as it is drawn past the pressure bar, and then a downward relaxation of the pin to settle the string and put it at pitch. After all of this I do a "waggle" of the pin (I call it the Graham Waggle for the RPT who taught it to me) and if the pin stays in tune after the waggle, it's stabilized, and it won't go anywhere. I dunno---seems to work for me. Tom Sivak
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