Small Bridge Pin Source

[Farrell]

Hmmmm. Good point Ron. This makes me wonder now. All the old pins are steel.
What are supply-house bridge pins made of? I think they are steel under a
coating of copper. Is that right? I hope I am not also courting trouble with
switching materials!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Small Bridge Pin Source


> >Hi folks. I am repinning the bridges on an old square grand today (or
rather
> >I was) when I realized I do not have the proper size pin for the treble
> >area. The old pins were 0.068" diameter. This would be a about a #5 pin.
I
> >checked catalogs from Pianotek, Schaff  & APSCO and the smallest pins
they
> >have are #6 pins which are 0.076" diameter. It is super tight quarters in
> >this area of the bridge, and I fear that using the #6 pins may cause
> >problems. Anyone know of a source for #5 pins?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
>
> Just out of curiosity, I checked out a couple of web listings of
> harpsichord supplies and only found 0.063" pins. A #26 flange center pin
is
> 0.066", for what it's worth. They're in the APSCO and Pianotek catalogs. I
> don't know that they are hard enough material for bridge pins, but...
>
> Ron N