A better plan? Sure. If the block is good, re-restring it the right way. Thomas, you don't provide all that much information, such as the size and length of pins that were used, the torque before and after, the height of the bottom coil from plate, before and after, or why you didn't expect to have these sorts of problems when you decided that flag-polling needed to be addressed. Since you seem to have compounded the problem, there's no reason why this piano should ever feel right (to tune), either for you or the next guy.
With regard to James K's idea of putting a smaller pin back in with the option of using CA if it proves to be too loose, I'd recommend trying it on your own piano, or some throw-away first, not on a customer's. (If you wanted to go experimental, you could always try some ballistol or the like. NOTE: I'm not advising that). More reasonable (to me) would be John Formsma's approach, although you could also try some combination of working the pin, removing it and replacing it (a few times), trying a shorter version of same size, etc.
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David Skolnik
Hastings-on-Hudson NY
914-231-7565
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-14-2017 20:23
From: Thomas Black
Subject: too tight tuning pins
I am servicing an older C3 Yamaha that has been restrung and pins set too high. I reset the already too tight pins to the correct height because of flag pole issues. Now I have two or three pins in the mid section that are almost impossible to set. I'm thinking of backing off 1 1/2 turns, removing the becket and coil, back out the pin, apply talcum power and drive the pin back into the block. I've used talcum for years as a so called lubricant for my pins. I may be required to do this procedure twice in order to get some relief.
Do you folks have a better plan.
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Thomas Black
Decatur AL
256-350-9315
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