removing key pins

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Friends,


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

I don't think so.

> > 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?


I always thought that the wood shrinks away from a surface, or to put it 
another way, towards the center of itself.

...so...

If you have a hole in the center of a chunk of wood the center isn't there 
anymore. The wood would shrink towards a line halfway between the surface 
of the hole and the outside of the chunk of wood (or another hole) - thus 
making the hole larger.


Am I as confused as usual about this, or more?



Conrad Hoffsommer PTG RPT, MPT, CCT

Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for Bio-powered Digitally Activated 
Lever Action Tone Generation Systems