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Wondering if anyone might know someone way up north in NY state that works on Emmons steels...I changed the strings on my Emmons and when I was tuning the C6th neck back up the pin on the 9th changer finger broke off and I am pretty sure I won't be able to fix this myself...anyone got any ideas, also going to have to find a changer finger, are the fingers the same on the c6th neck as the E9th neck and also are they same on the SKH as the regular Emmons steels...Maybe it's just time for me to hang it up on steel... Thanks to everyone...

No Jeff, Don't hang it up. The pin can be changed out. It should be a barrel pin but you never know. And no, the short key head changer has a combed bridge with single fingers. Total different than a standard Emmons. Contact John Widgen in Conn. He is in the Western end of the state close to the NY state line. He is a Forum member so contact him with a PM. I sent Warren some info earlier today. J.R. Rose

I drilled a hole under the broken pin and tapped in a new pin. Worked perfectly for years but I ultimately replaced the changer finger during a complete rebuild.

Also, P/P C6th changer fingers are shorter than the E9th ones. That’s evident upon viewing the parallel tuner holes for both necks on the end plate, despite the body step-down for the lower neck.

Any local machinist or decent mechanic can drill that pin out with a good hardened bit and put a new pin in there with no problem.. Its not a big deal, no need to spend hundreds of dollars shipping the steel out and back... Talk to a local machine shop.. they will measure the other pins to make sure of diameter, drill out the broken one, and tap a new one in...
make some calls locally, and let them have a look... bob

Thanks to everyone for the info, I appreciate it...gonna look for a new finger for it but if I can't find one I'll check around and see if I can find a machine shop that will do it for me , I have a friend that said he would change it for me if I find one so that will be much better than me trying to do it as my eye sight isn't too good at doing something like that...thanks again for the info...it's greatly appreciated.