Front rail punchings on tuning pins

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Could be, my father is a sightless chap, and he didn´t know why.  But this 
seems kind of logical.

Kristinn



At 22:32 28.8.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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