Tuning pin choice

[gordon stelter]

O.K.. Who's willing to be the U.S. importer of the
vaunted Biene pin? Lets' put them on a track 
( convention workshop? ) and race them against Denro
and other brands, then send the results back to the
suppliers and manufacturers.
     Thump

--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> I havent tried Denros, but I have tried a German
> tuning pin that sells here
> in europe under the name of "Diamant" which being
> the german word for
> Diamond kinda makes me think they are the same.
> 
> Assmuming they are I can only report I have had one
> experience with this,
> and only the nickle plated pins. That experience was
> pretty negative. In
> that set there were 20 - 30 pins that had no hole
> for the tuning pin, a few
> wobbly pins (as in not straight), and a variance in
> diameter that I would
> call pretty unnacceptable. These were 6.90 mm pins
> and some of them were
> closer to being 7,00 mm then they were 6,90. Others
> were about as far shy
> of 6.90.
> 
> Perhaps I just got a bad set ??? But then I have
> used perhaps a 100 sets of
> Biene and never had anything like this happen.
> 
> RicB
> 
> Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> > I see Terry didn't get much feedback. Is there
> anyone out there who has
> > used both Denro and Diamond, and has comparison
> information?
> > Ron N
> >
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> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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