how someone could pull off such a scam with a 500 pound piano remains somewhat mysterious. I guess they'd just expect me to send the amount above the sale price to "wherever", then not actually arrange to have it shipped.......
Euphonious Thumpe
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Original pin block
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 12:11 PM
> > Sorting the pins as you mention I think is a good idea.
>
> I wonder. I'd bet nobody sorted the original pins, and
> there
> was likely more variation in size then than with
> today's cut
> thread pins (as I recall from micing rolled thread pins 30
> years ago). So the existing holes are neither uniform, nor
> calibrated bass to treble. Sorting pins could well lessen
> the
> probability of putting an undersized pin in an oversize
> hole
> in the bass, but in as soft a block as Steinway's,
> I'd think
> it's a boarder line return.
>
> Ok, I'll quit observing now and go back to work.
> Ron N
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