plate pin

[Farrell]

Good suggestion Mark. That way he can keep things simple and use a standard 
hitch pin.

Terry Farrell

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>I had the same thing happen just once before; on a Kimball grand in the 
>70's.  Kimball's service guy at the time, Ray Reuter, sent me a standard 
>Kimball hitch pin and advised me to install the new hitch pin a respectable 
>distance behind the original.  Drill an undersized hole straight down, tap 
>the pin in, and then bend it  over with a hammer.
> I recall filling the original hole with Bondo then painting over the patch 
> with bronzing powder or something like it.
>
>
> Mark Wisner
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Went to fix what I thought was going to be a broken string on a Kimball 
> grand (70's) and found that the hitch pin had been pulled out from the 
> plate. I tried tapping it back into the hole, but it pulled out again when 
> tension was back on the strings.
>
> The pin was bent and had grooves on it, should I replace with a new pin? 
> and what is the proper procedure for this repair. The pin is located at 
> the break just before the high treble.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano