Chrome versus Nickel plated tuning pins

[Ken Streetman]

Jurgen Goering wrote:

> Just to throw in another option:  There is a German tuning pin maker 
> called Biene (Bee brand), who is realtively unknown in North America.  
> These tuning pins are considered by many to be the finest ones in the 
> world, even superior to Diamant (Diamond) brand. They make a special 
> line of pins tuning pins which are golden.  I don't think they are 
> actually gold plated - seems to me that wouldn't stand up too well.  
> From what I can tell, it is strictly a visual thing.
> So there  you have the whole spectrum: blue, nickel, chrome and gold.
>
> Jurgen Goering
> Piano Forte Supply
> www.pianofortesupply.com
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2005,  RicB wrote:
>
>> I  have no idea about chromed pins...  but I've never quite 
>> understood the hulabaloo about blued vs nickle. At least not when it 
>> comes to their functionality.  Nordiska pianos used a blued pins I 
>> could swear must have been made with some metal combination that made 
>> them more flexible.  Felt weird.  But otherwise it always seemed to 
>> me that differences in pianos tuning <feel> had more to do with the 
>> pinblock and how much torque there was then anything else. I always 
>> use nickle because they dont seem to rust as easily.
>>
>> As for whether or not chromed pins are <<better>>...  grin... just 
>> how are they supposed to be better ?
>>
>> Cheers
>> RicB
>>
>>
>>> / Advertisers are touting chromed pins as better than nickel plated 
>>> pins.
>>
>> />/ Anyone out there actually used these?  Are there worthwhile 
>> differences?/
>>
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Just from what I know from working in the plating and coating industry 
for 10 years before starting a in the piano business chrome is more rust 
resistant as far as the gold this would be a TIN coating or something of 
this nature. The TIN coating is also very rust resistant it is often 
used on drills  end mils and inserts in the machining industry.

Ken

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