In a message dated Tue, 6 Aug 2002 7:28:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, avery@ev1.net writes: > > > > >I don't know what this guy does, but he actually, sometimes severely, > >bends tuning > >pins just in the tuning process. Springing, or flagpoling a pin a little > >to find > >the string equilibrium point is normal. Bending the pin past it's plastic > >deformation limit is severely abnormal. > > > >Ron N > > Ron, > > How is this physically possible? It's not like they were > made out of some > easily bendable material. > > Avery Avery, you are correct, they are not easily bent, but here in my area there is a "tooner" who does not turn the pin but virtually bends the pins to tune. I have come in behind him on a couple of rebuilds and the pins really wobble as you remove them. David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW
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