Plate Bushings - was Re: Bushing vs. bigger pin?

[Richard Brekne]

Jim... grin.. sorry to have not responded to this. I obviously have misread
the context of your post... hehe.. wont be the first time. In defense tho I
have to say I have heard the crushed bushing argument used in the context I
thought you were using it. And as I saw this posting as a response to this
buisness about pinblocks moving, I kinda just assumed it was along these
lines.

So its not your myth... but it is one out there I have heard.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Ron, and all the
others. This list is great for making one re-question many of the "truths
about pianos" we have heard through the years. Its great to have folks who
dont hesitate to raise their finger in the air and call "bullsh--" when
they think they hear it. Grin... sometimes causes a bit of ruffled furs..
but when the dust settles you probably have learned something.. at least I
do.

Anyways.. sorry for misreading your post, and thanks for being one of the
many personal resources on this list I value so much.

JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 5/30/2000 4:34:20 PM, Richard wrote:
> 
> <<<<"kindly, point out a "myth" in my response?">>>> Jim B.
> 
> Richard since you didn't point out a "myth" in my response I will assume that
> I took false umbrage at your original post. In any event I never said
> anything about pinblock movement "crushing" bushings, or trying to turn
> sumersaults...what I said was:
> 
> "in the event that a pinblock would move enough to crush all the bushings to
> the point of affecting the block movement there are much more severe problems
> with that block than any amount of bushings could even begin to address".
> 
> To address the Mythical Bushing Crushing problem though...... The evidence is
> that the bushings indeed do get "crushed" as evidenced by the elongated holes
> and skinny walls on the string side of the bushing when the old tuning pins
> are removed. I have never seen block movement that would account for this
> "crushing". So something causes it....... be it pins bending , techs bending
> pins, string tension pulling the pin over, flagpoling during tuning, being
> distorted during drilling/pinning, or
> perhaps the pinblock playing hop scotch under the plate :-)
> 
> Since you did not address any "myths" of mine I will award y'all a second
> "myth"...this leaves you with one more. :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)

-- 
Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway