Sorting New Tuning Pins

[Gordon Holley]

Thank you Newton and Terry.  I'm sure glad Gerry made the comment 
about checking the sizes of the new pins.  Hadn't read it yet and 
this might be the first time in a long time that anyone has brought 
it up on this list.  Guess I'll be checking sizes on a new box of 
pins tonight.  Just been waiting for my new bass wires from Danny so 
I'll pass the time tonight sorting pins.  Sure glad I didn't skip 
class today.  Between this tip and the one on putting the wire sizes 
on the plate with rub-off numbers, from Joe Garrett, this has been a 
very helpful past few days.  Best regards to all, Gordon Holley
On 6 Aug 2002 at 13:46, Farrell wrote:

> Hello Gordon. Newton states it correctly! I mike the whole pile of new pins and separate them into perhaps four to eight different sizes (a great job for a youngster, etc.!). Some are hard to classify because they are different sizes at the top of the threads that at the bottom, and some are 
ovalish, and some, like Newton points out can be bent!
> 
> I know what to do with the different size pins, but what rules, if any, do folks use to deal with oval pins, and uneven diameter pins, and bent pins? Toss them? I haven't found any definitive difference with them in the few pianos I have strung. Perhaps a softer pinblock is more forgiving for 
these defects than a harder pinblock like a Delignite? Any thoughts?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Sorting New Tuning Pins
> 
> 
> > Roll 'em to find the bent ones and mike them to sort them.  DO it, you
> > will see.
> > 
> > Newton
> > 
> > Gordon Holley wrote:
> > > 
> > > Jerry Gravina and list.  Jerry, you say "sort new pins using a
> > > micrometer and put the fat ones in the bass".  Are you saying that in
> > > a box of new pins, say 4/0, that there are pins that are slightly
> > > larger even though they are all supposed to be the same size.  I have
> > > a box, unopened, of new 4/0 pins to be installed, first time for me,
> > > and I hadn't read or heard that there may be "fat one".  Thanks for
> > > the alert.  Regards, Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana
> >