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Each one is unique and each one had some bum tuning pegs that I couldn't get to stay tuned. There's a special tool for those to tap the peg into the block - cross threading it a bit into the wood. I don't have that tool. Still learning, still acquiring tools.




Another method is to use a small hypodermic needle to put some water laced with glycerin into the wood immediately surroungind the loose pin and then be patient, wait for the wood to swell a bit. Wait overnight on the really loose ones, a bit of rust on the peg plus the swelled pinblock wood right next to it can work wonders. Use this on older pianos that may have just dried out. For a newer piano, it shouldn't slip, and if it does, the pin hammering method is the way to go.


--Mac