Front rail punchings on tuning pins

John Lillico, RPT staytuned@idirect.com
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:32:03 -0400


Kristinn,

Close your eyes and go by feel. Those punchings could be the remnants from us sightless chaps. As for loose pins, use chalk to mark the tips.

John Lillico, RPT
Oakville, Ontario, Canada

>Hi guys and gals,
>
>I just tuned an old Hindsberg with relatively new strings.
>Someone had put front rail punchings on the tuning pin for the left string 
>of every A.
>I´ve seen this before, and thought maybe, on some occasions this was left 
>over from some old tech that wanted to mark excessively loose pin, or 
>something.  There was, however, nothing wrong with the torque of any of these.
>But why on all the A´s?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Kristinn Leifsson,
>Reykjavík, Iceland




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