removing key pins

[Farrell]

"Holes in wood get smaller as humidity goes down..."

I have heard this before. Believe me, I am not trying to start an arguement - just trying to understand. If a hole gets smaller, then why do tuning pins get more loose with lower humidity?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: removing key pins


> Hi Keith,
> 
> Holes in wood get smaller as humidity goes down, unless there are
> contraints of some kind that don't allow the wood to shrink.
> 
SNIP. 
> 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> 
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