[pianotech] tips, tuning pin ends

Kent Swafford kswafford at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 11:13:55 PDT 2009


Neither of my Watanabe #2 tips had been used before a few days ago. They
aren't the same.
For that matter, my Hale tips vary quite a lot as well. Some good, some not
so much.
Kent


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote:

> Hi Kent,
>
> I believe that best tuning tips are made on a computer controlled cutting
> device, so a number 2 tip from a particular maker should be very nearly
> identical from tip to tip. However, tips do wear over time. I have two
> Wantebee #2 tips--on different levers. The one I use "all the time" and a
> backup. The backup now fits differently.
>
> At 06:21 AM 3/26/2009 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >On Mar 25, 2009, at 9:06 PM, David Nereson wrote:I would imagine the ends
> >of tuning pins vary as much as the tips made to fit them.
> >
> >
> >Of course you are correct to point out that the shapes of tuning pins vary
> >pin to pin.
> >As a practical matter, wouldn't it be easier to control the outside shape
> >of a tuning pin than to control the inside shape of a tuning tip? I
> suspect
> >tuning tips vary more than pins.
> >
> >
> >Kent
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> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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