Plate to pin contact, (was marking)

[David Skolnik]

Ed -
I'm not usually an "Amener", but that's about what I felt reading the final 
comment of your last post (below).   The conflicting characteristics of 
high pin torque and lack of bearing-point friction, (even apart from any 
unsupported distance of string coil from top of block) describe what has 
been my experience of the recent production of the well known unbushed 
brand, as well as one of its upright relatives.  In fact, one of the 
disconcerting sensations of a pin contacting the plate is that you are 
prevented from employing the subtle, "flex" tuning you describe.

David Skolnik

At 08:19 AM 10/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>    Also, the problem of "flagpoling" depends on not only the torque in the
>block, but the technique of the tuner. I don't have more difficulty with the
>unbushed plates, in fact, the last few cents of a strings pitch I set with 
>pin
>flex. From any given position of the tuning pin, a stable pitch can be had 
>over
>a range of several cents, unless there is insufficient friction over the
>bearing points.
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Ed Foote RPT