IMHO, there is no way on God's green earth that the tuning pins I "tried" to turn on 4 Pearl River verticals a couple of weeks ago are going to be turned backwards with the mere tension on the wire compared to the tension inside the block! No way! :-) I hurt and was wishing for an impact hammer when I got through! Avery >>I still go with turning pins, though. There is a natural, sustained tension >>on the pin from the string that would love to turn the thing >>counter-clockwise. Earth tremors, children thudding across the floor, sonic >>booms, moving the piano, and hovering ufo's would all put vibration into the >>system, however briefly, and the pin could jiggle just a a third of a skinny >>hair each time. But over the years ... > >Is that a guess, a supposition, or an opinion? Just asking, since the same >rules ought to apply to us all. >Ron N >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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