Bob - I can buy not doing countersinks if the pins are so close they would overlap (now I'll have to go back & look to see if the bass pins are that close). And that would leave some additional material for strength I guess. But why go to the expense of removing material from the plate by doing a countersink on the rest of the plate from G#3 upward? Don Price ----- Original Message ----- From: <rwbrpt@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Steinway plate holes There are two principal reasons for this difference in tuning pin hole preparation in the Steinway scales. The first is the closeness of the holes (overlapping countersinks) in the center section. The second is strength. Some of the scales have been prone to failure in this area over the years and the small additional material helps strengthen the web. Hope this helps clear up some of the mystery! Bob Beck On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:21:10 -0600 Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> writes: > > > > >> > >> > >> Tradition. > >> > >> > >> Conrad > > > > > > > > Is this the real reason, or just your opinion of why they holes > are recessed? > > > > > > Wim > > > > That would be a yes, and a no. The holes are almost certainly > *still* > countersunk because of tradition, but there had to have been some > sort of > reasoning behind having done it in the first place and establishing > the > tradition - whatever we might think of the reasoning now. I've > wondered about > it too, and didn't see it listed among Steinway's patents. Seems > like they > would have been proud enough of doing something to no apparent > purpose that > takes extra time in the manufacturing process to make a marketing > point of it. > > > Ron N > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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