<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>One difference is that the blued pins can be touched up later in the piano if they get marks from installation; the chromed ones cannot, if they chip.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>"Reverse threads" were a salesman story, as far as I know, to imply a ratchet effect, with more torque in one direction than another, and thus tuning stability.  Makes no sense when you may have to turn a pin either way to tune it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Welcome to these forums, Kendall!  I've been impressed with much of the material on your website, including these pages:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.pianofinders.com/services/pinspection1.htm">http://www.pianofinders.com/services/pinspection1.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://pianofinders.com/educational/touchweight.htm">http://pianofinders.com/educational/touchweight.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>ABQ, NM</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>