[pianotech] Beckets

[Jude Reveley (Absolute Piano)]

Another rational reason might be controlling the draft angle of the string. 
More coils can allow for the string to exit the tuning pin perpendicular 
towards the front bearing thus allowing for a tight coil without sinking the 
pin deeper than less coils woulkd allow. Granted it's a delicate balance and 
tight coils are perhaps another cosmetic industry standard which brings us 
right back to the beginning of this thread. UGGGH!

Jude

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Beckets


> David Love wrote:
>> Yeah, but if you did 1 1/2 turns you wouldn't have enough left to borrow
>> some when the string broke.
>
> That's the closest to a rational reason that I've heard so far.
> Ron N
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