David~ Yes, if they are going to have an inconsistency I would rather have it be this way than the reverse! It could very well be they decided to leave it that way, rather than try and correct it. It obviously works. (If it works don't fix it...) ~Kendall Ross Bean PianoFinders www.pianofinders.com e-mail: kenbean at pianofinders.com Connecting Pianos and People -----Original Message----- From: David Love [mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:00 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Nature of tuning pins - the return of the tapered pin? Don't know whether that's by design but it would make sense since you don't want the pin loose at the top and tight at the bottom. Also, since the top of the hole gets the most abuse during installation, such a design might tend to create more uniformity in block contact along the length of the pin once the pin is driven in. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com Denro 2/0 x 2 3/8" blued: Tapers from .281 - .282" at the bottom of the thread to .283 - .284" at the top of thread. Denro 3/0 x 2 3/8" blued: Tapers from .284 - .285" at the bottom of the thread to .287 - .288" at the top of thread. ~Kendall Ross Bean
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