[pianotech] tuning pins

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Sep 28 15:08:23 MDT 2010


But isn't that a good thing? That way you can mic them all and use the  
slightly larger ones in the bass and so on.

Terry Farrell

On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:

>    Roger
>   Mega dittos on this.  We have measured so many Denros to our  
> complete annoyance and dissatisfaction.  A  number 3 pin...is  
> technically .286 pin The denros typically measure at about 80%  at . 
> 284 or less.  The other 20 percent are under or over that by 1 or 2  
> thous. The diamonds measure a true size 95 % of time, and if they  
> are under its not by more than 1 thous.
>   Dale
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Roger Gable <roger at gablepiano.com>  
> wrote:
> Noah,
> I would advise you to consider the Diamond pins for the following  
> reasons: The Denro pins can vary in diameter by as much as .004".  
> That's enough to produce an irritating difference in pin torque.  
> Also, ( this is a big one) the Denro pins aren't always round, which  
> contributes to jumpy pins.
> Roger Gable
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