Yes, Ed, but taking things to their logical conclusion there has to be a limit on how large a size you can use. I started this thread with the view of getting ideas from y'all on the use of CA in conjunction with "same size" pins. :-) As a by-product of this thread, someone on the List said (some while back) that to use CA on a block which had already had been doped gave even greater torque than in a block which had not been doped....? Regards from a windy Village in the Sussex Downs Michael G.(UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:27 AM Subject: Re: re-stringing and CA > Michael writes: > > << Thought I'd start a thread about re-stringing. We usually use the > "next-size-up" tuning pins when re-stringing but basic science tells me > that the > smaller the pin the less unwinding leverage on it from the string. >> > > Yes, however, the larger pin will have more surface area... > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >
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