[CAUT] reverse grip tuning pins

[Ron Nossaman]

> Ron is right about the advantages of cut vs. rolled pins. But not about 
> the marketing hype. At least as I remember it the claim was made by some 
> that the cut thread tuning pins helped make the pianos using them stay 
> in tune longer by not allowing the tuning pin to slip backward which, as 
> we all know, causes the piano to go out of tune.

Something like this, maybe, included in the original post?

 > The guys who's pianos had these
 > | pins used the same demo, illustrating how these pins resisted
 > | turning backward, and would therefore hold a tuning longer
 > | without "slipping".


> Marketing is such a wonderful thing.
> Del

Isn't it just?
Ron N