Jon, I personally don't know about the plating issue. I have a suggestion about pounding the pins though. Wait to do your final leveling of the pins until after the piano is quite stable. There are many processes to be done to make the strings stable. One I outlined yesterday with the agraffes (which is done before the strings are installed). The string cuts into the bridge pin as you do the chip tunes. If you don't believe me pull a pin and look at it after you have done 4 chip tunings. By leveling the bridge pins as the final stage in the stringing process you are making sure the string has a much better chance of a clean sound for years to come. If you already do this, then disregard my suggestion. There are some who will argue that driving the pins this late in the stringing process drives the string into the bridge, thus crushing the wood fibers. There are trade offs in anything we do. I happen to see better results by using this method. Tim Coates On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Jon Page wrote: > To Plate Or Not To Plate... Bridge pins... > > That is the question. > > Stainless Steel (Jurgen) or Plated (Pianotek). > > Is the plating hardened enough, is the stainless > pin less susceptible to corrosion via electrolysis? > > I'll be pounding new pins into epoxied bridge pin > holes and want to install finished pins (not filed flat). > > Does it matter? > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page >
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