A broken plate or shattered upper laminations if the plate and block are not perfectly mated at the plate web, as is often the case. And I don't think you could "press" the pins back up without overly flexing the plate, either. I suggest you tell this customer to pursue a refund from the pevious tech, or just pay to have it done right, all over. Gordon Stelter --- Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> wrote: > Tommy, > Perhaps I should have used the term > pressing tuning pins back > through the pin block. Not all the way mind you, > just back up a bit. I fail > to see how this would endanger the plate in any way. > > regards, > > Greg Newell > > > At 11:36 PM 9/14/2002, you wrote: > > >Greg; > > Driving pins back through the pin block from > the bottom sounds awfully > >risky to me. Now , it may work but I would like for > somebody else to try it > >first. A broken harp might cause me to cry. > > > > > >Tommy Black > >Decatur, Ala. > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release > Date: 9/9/2002 > > Greg Newell > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release > Date: 9/9/2002 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
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