<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: [CAUT] restrung D</title></head><body> <div>Hi all,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Provided that the side bearing load on the pin is not excessive (not over 10 degrees), there will be little risk to the wire. The pins we used for no. 6 piano were EN nickel plated and heat treated in-house to harden the nickel. I do suspect that harder pins help the tone.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Here's an image which shows the nickel plated pins and multi-laminated cap of piano no. 6.</div> <div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4" color="#000000" >http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronovers/oversno6.13.jpg</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>   Hi Ric,<br>        Why would there be more string breakage due to a string going<br>    around    harder rather than softer metal bridge pins?<br>    Regards,<br>    Fred Sturm<br>    University of New Mexico<br>    fssturm at unm.edu<br>    --</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>