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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