Actually, nickel Diamond pins are not nickel all the way down. It's just that the threads are not blued after they are cut. I have it from Pianotek that they asked Klinke to blue the threads on the nickel pins, but Klinke declined for reasons that are unclear to me. Paul Larudee David Love wrote: > As long as the nickel plating doesn't cover the threaded area of the pins, > then it is cosmetic. Nickel Denro pins are blue threaded. Nickel Diamond > pins are nickel all the way down. Beyond that, nothing wrong with cosmetics. > I think the blued pin looks better on an older piano, but that's just my > taste. > > David Love > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <larudee@pacbell.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: November 22, 2001 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: a Bechstein from DC > > > William J Schlipf wrote: > > > > > Sorry Wim, I did mean nickel plated pins. Most rebuilders that i know, > > > would use only blued pins in an instrument of this quality. > > > > Out of curiosity, why do you consider blued pins more appropriate? > > Bechstein, Boesendorfer, Fazioli and other high end makers use nickel pins > > in their new pianos these days. I consider purely a matter of cosmetics. > > > > Paul Larudee > >
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