Next size larger bridge pins

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@KSCABLE.com
Fri, 01 Sep 2000 23:04:27 -0500


>First, the strings in each section are scaled to fit a specific pin size,
>(unless of course we are talking about a Winter spinet which never changes
>sizes).  

They are? How does that work?


>This is very important because of false beats. I have seen several
>pianos over the years where someone replaced pins with the next size.  Tuning
>was a nightmare and the tone quality was decisively diminished.
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>Rob Goodale, RPT

How does it affect false beats? And how could you tell that the pins in a
bridge weren't the original size?

Ron N


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