loose pinning in Renner butterfly springs

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Horace Greeley wrote:

> David,
>
> Probably just about everyone who has used any of these
> parts has this problem, potentially.
>
> For all of it's highly touted superiority, hornbeam, as used
> in (most) piano parts these days, has some (to me, anyway)
> serious drawbacks, the two worst offendors being mass
> and porosity.

I'm relieved to find that there is at least one other human out there who does not share
Renner's high -- at least in public -- opinion of hornbeam. There will be more in time.
For all of its faults, give me maple any day.

-- ddf