Not as well as nickel. Twenty five years of experience living in a tropical climate and the blue tuning pins don't hold up as well. Tom Servinsky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew and Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@sbcglobal.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: RE: Chrome versus Nickel plated tuning pins > How well do blued pins stand up to humid environments? > Andrew > At 10:52 AM 9/1/2005, you wrote: >> >> >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org >>| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love >>| Sent: August 31, 2005 6:46 PM >>| To: 'Pianotech' >>| Subject: RE: Chrome versus Nickel plated tuning pins >>| >>| I use blued pins. Feels better on the tuning hammer. Looks >>| nicer too. >>| >>| David Love >>| davidlovepianos@comcast.net >> >>Ditto. >> >>Both nickel and chrome platings flake off in time. Blued pins give a >>better >>hammer feel and look better as well. >> >>Del >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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