On Mon, 13 Apr JIM("Sun-Yet Jim")<JIMRPT@aol.com> wrote:
> It would seem to be that there is a more direct correlation between device
>movement and string movement in the Mason & Hamlin "screw stringer"
>arrangement than there is in the pin/pinblock arrangement......but the
>arrangement we have to work with on a daily basis is the pin/pinblock...go
>figure.
Marketplace rules! The legend as it was passed on to me 25 years ago was
that, M&H abandoned the screwstringer design when it became clear that
tuners in the field would have nothing to do with it. By the same token,
Elvis was (is, actually...I saw him last week at the mall) the greatest
tenor of all times, far surpassing Enrico Caruso.
Bill Ballard, RPT
New Hampshire Chapter, PTG
"So come on down, for the best in fidelity"
AM radio spot for the local Radio Shack store.
(Thank you, I'll take a space between the last two words.)
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