WOW!! I saw GOLD PAINTED tuning pins!

[Mark Schecter]

Hi, Phil.

Might be the same idea as when harpsichord makers put a red punching 
over every "A" tuning pin. I recently tuned a harpsichord made by John 
Phillips of Berkeley which, instead of colored punchings, had the pins 
staggered to correspond to the naturals and sharps, i.e. the naturals 
had their their pin holes about 1/2" closer to the player than the 
sharps. Very easy to tell where you are, especially because the way 
hpschds are strung, sometimes one rank of wire is offset about one note 
to the left or right of where you might think it should be. Beats 
uniform pianoistic alternation by a mile.

-Mark Schecter

pjr wrote:
> Not to change the subject, but I tuned an old S&S once where all the "C" 
> tuning pins were painted red on the top of the pin and all the "G"s were 
> painted green.  Puzzling!!!  Anyone have a rationale or just a kid with 
> a colored marker????
> 
> Phil Ryan
> Miami Beach
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