[pianotech] Steinway M ballpark value

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Oct 28 17:34:10 MDT 2010


On 10/28/2010 6:20 PM, Daniel Carlton wrote:
> Terry
> What's this about your pins bottoming out?

There is no acoustic benefit to having the bridge pins bottomed out. 
Seating pins just means you have seated the strings by the friction 
between the string and pin. I, Terry, and a bunch of other folks drill 
bridge pin holes deeper than necessary, and drive the pins in to finish 
height, without filing the tops. If you try to bottom one of these pins 
in the hole, you'll drive it below the cap surface trying.

Ron N


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