Hi, Phil. Might be the same idea as when harpsichord makers put a red punching over every "A" tuning pin. I recently tuned a harpsichord made by John Phillips of Berkeley which, instead of colored punchings, had the pins staggered to correspond to the naturals and sharps, i.e. the naturals had their their pin holes about 1/2" closer to the player than the sharps. Very easy to tell where you are, especially because the way hpschds are strung, sometimes one rank of wire is offset about one note to the left or right of where you might think it should be. Beats uniform pianoistic alternation by a mile. -Mark Schecter pjr wrote: > Not to change the subject, but I tuned an old S&S once where all the "C" > tuning pins were painted red on the top of the pin and all the "G"s were > painted green. Puzzling!!! Anyone have a rationale or just a kid with > a colored marker???? > > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach > >
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