As Del Fandrich so eloquently set forth just within the last week, bushings eventually become ineffectual anyway, and even when still tight, they only reduce flex (flagpoling), not torsion. A better and more permanent way to reduce both is to either have an open face pin block design or use thicker (larger) tuning pins. Pins that are effective in reducing flex and torsion, however, would make the string coils larger than anyone would want. That is why I think my pins are an even better solution. In fact, a set of my 3.5/0 pins with 1/0 heads are now being used to replace 2/0 pins in a Steinway B. The result will be a stiffer pin with smaller coils than the original. I predict that it will be even better than the original when it was new. Paulo Larudee pianolover 88 wrote: > Can anyone tell me WHY Steinway & Sons elect to NOT use tuning pin > bushings??? It would certainly eliminate, or at the very least GREATLY > reduce "Flagpoling", which is a real hassle for me. It simply takes a good > 20-30 minutes longer for me to tune a Steinway, chiefly because of this > problem. After tuning two Model "L's" today, I proceeded to tune a couple of > Yamaha Grands...it was like swinging only ONE bat after warming up with > THREE at a time! It was a literal walk in the park. > > Terry Peterson > Precision Piano Service > Torrance, CA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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