[CAUT] Tuning pins

[Dan Reed]

Nickel is available for the Diamond 'non-Lo -torque' choices...blue 
only for the Lo-torque Diamonds...

The best pins...only a few more bucks, spread out over years and years 
of tuning....

Dan R

Dallas


On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote:

> I've used them in a concert grand that I had rebuilt.  The tuning pins 
> are unbushed.  They are supposed to be stiffer then the usual fare.  
> The result was good, presumably in part because of the pins.
>
> Andrew Anderson
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote:
>
>> I know that Samick uses them in their premium piano lines (Pramberger 
>> Platinum Series, Knabe, Kohler & Campbell Millennium Series).  If 
>> there weren't some sort of difference, I can't imagine bothering to 
>> do so, unless it simply adds to the impression they are investing in 
>> the highest quality materials for those particular lines (which, by 
>> the way, will be being built in Tennessee by the end of this year).  
>> I can't particularly tell the difference except that they don't 
>> appear as brightly polished (shiny) as what I assume are Asian pins 
>> in the entry grade pianos.
>>
>> Jeff Tanner
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
>> To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:42 PM
>> Subject: [CAUT] Tuning pins
>>
>>
>>> Just checked my Pianotek catalog for tuning pins. Diamond pins are 
>>> much more
>>> expensive, about 60% more. Are they worth the price difference. Why?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
>>> Eastern Washington University
>>> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>>> 509-359-4627
>>> 509-999-9512
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>