Eastman MD315, broken pin on tailpiece
I went to grab my MD315 and saw a string hanging in front. What? The loop was still on the string…. I was trying to figure out how in the world the string could break in that manner, but quickly realized the string was intact but the pin on the tailpiece had broken off!
I could put a new e-string on, using the adjacent pin, but then if a pin failed with one string, how likely would it be to hold with two strings?
I searched for new tailpieces at my usual places - Elderly, StewMac, etc., but didn’t see anything interesting (and didn’t want to pay James price for this mandolin). I ended up buying a $15 tailpiece from Amazon. We’ll see if it is any good. I’ll just have to settle for my Kimble for now.
Doug Brock
2018 Kimble 2 point (#259), Eastman MD315, Eastman MDA315, some guitars, banjos, and fiddles
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