> how someone could pull off such a scam with a 500 pound > piano remains somewhat mysterious. I guess they'd just > expect me to send the amount above the sale price to > "wherever", then not actually arrange to have it > shipped....... Euphonious Thumpe > > > --- On Tue, 6/17/08, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> > wrote: > >> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> Subject: Re: >> Original pin block To: "Pianotech List" >> <pianotech at ptg.org> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 12:11 >> PM >>> Sorting the pins as you mention I think is a good idea. >>> >> I wonder. I'd bet nobody sorted the original pins, and >> there was likely more variation in size then than with >> today's cut thread pins (as I recall from micing rolled >> thread pins 30 years ago). So the existing holes are >> neither uniform, nor calibrated bass to treble. Sorting >> pins could well lessen the probability of putting an >> undersized pin in an oversize hole in the bass, but in as >> soft a block as Steinway's, I'd think it's a boarder line >> return. >> >> Ok, I'll quit observing now and go back to work. Ron N And my utterly unrelated post is tacked onto the back of this why? Ron N?
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