Wim, As many others have already attested, one of the benefits of tuning pin bushings IS to reduce "flagpoling", and yes, good hammer technique is also going to help, in most cases, but not entirely eliminate it. But Certain pins are still predisposed to "felxing", some much more than others, and all i'm saying is that Bushings would defintely keep this flexing to a minimum by filling the space created by the hole in the plate. Since S&S does not use bushings, and combined with the SUPER tight pins,(at least in the 2 L's I tuned recently), ***SOME***flexing is much more likely, even with the best technique. Oh, and in my last post about S&S verts, I DID state that he redering problem IS a result of the pressure bar, as quoted below from my last post). I appreciate all the positive feedback! >In a message dated 8/22/01 11:12:09 AM Central Daylight Time, >pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: the S&S verticals. Yes, the pressure bar makes them > > notorious for rendering problems,<< Terry Peterson Precision Piano Service Torrance, CA >From: Wimblees@AOL.COM >As far as S&S verticals, that has nothing to do with tight pins. That has >to >do with strings rendering over pressure points. We all ache problems with >those pianos. >I hope I didn't imply that your hammer technique was not effective. But you >asked about how to deal with tight tuning pins in relation to bushings, and >the problem you have with flagpoling. Flagpoling can be corrected by proper >hammer technique. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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