Tommy, Since you addressed your post to gentlemen, I know you didn't intend to include me, but I'll respond anyway. Bushings potentially reduce flex, depending upon the bushing and the design. Yamaha and Kawai supposedly do this better than anyone except Joe Garrett, by drilling the bushing (actually a hardwood plug) and the block together in the plate. On the other hand, they use a pin that is slightly smaller than 1/0 (6.90mm.), which restores some of the flex reduced by the bushing design. This is deliberate, because they need the flex in order to compensate for the string geometry/friction in the front bearing areas. In other words, their design is such that the piano would be difficult to tune without such flex. In a Bechstein open face design, on the other hand, flex is much less a factor, and yet it is quite tunable. Paul Larudee Bigeartb@AOL.COM wrote: > Gentlemen: > Do tuning pin bushings reduce the flex in tuning pins thus allowing the > tuner greater ease in setting the pin and stabilizing the string? If bushings > do not reduce flex then why do manufacturers use them? If bushings do reduce > flex, then why does Steinway not use them? > > Still trying to learn.... > > Tommy Black > Decatur, Ala
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