Hmmmm. Good point Ron. This makes me wonder now. All the old pins are steel. What are supply-house bridge pins made of? I think they are steel under a coating of copper. Is that right? I hope I am not also courting trouble with switching materials! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Small Bridge Pin Source > >Hi folks. I am repinning the bridges on an old square grand today (or rather > >I was) when I realized I do not have the proper size pin for the treble > >area. The old pins were 0.068" diameter. This would be a about a #5 pin. I > >checked catalogs from Pianotek, Schaff & APSCO and the smallest pins they > >have are #6 pins which are 0.076" diameter. It is super tight quarters in > >this area of the bridge, and I fear that using the #6 pins may cause > >problems. Anyone know of a source for #5 pins? > > > >Terry Farrell > > > Just out of curiosity, I checked out a couple of web listings of > harpsichord supplies and only found 0.063" pins. A #26 flange center pin is > 0.066", for what it's worth. They're in the APSCO and Pianotek catalogs. I > don't know that they are hard enough material for bridge pins, but... > > Ron N
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