Tuning Steinway Verticals

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Ed,

At 16:32 09/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Jeff wrote-
> > However, new ones?  Last new ones I tuned had tuning pins so tight the
> > casters would come off the floor when you pulled the tuning hammer.  Then,
> > there's the "surprise" pins!  (you know, the ones where you get ready to
> > pull hard, you hear "snap!" and all of a sudden the pitch has jumped a
> > major third?)
>
>
>Which makes me wonder: What is the pinblock material?
>Ed



That would be the patented "Flexagrip" pinblock, of course!



Conrad Hoffsommer

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