On 10/29/2010 8:04 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > Ron, > > I, Terry, and a bunch of other folks drill > bridge pin holes deeper than necessary, and drive the pins in to finish > height, without filing the tops. > > I've noticed (and brought this up previously) that pianos with filed > bridge pins tend to have looser pins over time in the environment around > here than those that are not filed. (Although this could also be a > "pressed-in rather than pounded-in" difference as well.) Think there is > anything to that? I don't know about presses vs pounded, but as Frank said, filing with a power tool is definitely destructive. Ron N
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