Jim wrote: tight beckets are assumed, as are firm pins, for discussion purposes. Absoloutely! I didn't even touch that one, but yes, I've even seen new pianos with beckets way out of the holes. I'm rather fascinated to hear the string pitch lower as I push them the rest of the way into the hole. Good point. Jim wrote: Perhaps this is what you >meant when you said "appropiate level". (See Jim's post if you haven't already. A good lesson. Excelent dialog on a number or factors I was too tired to even delve into.) You're right again, Jim. I looked at that phrase for quite a while trying to figure out just how to say it in just a few words. Thanks for picking up on it and completing the thoughts. Jim wrote: You might say..."Well then what 'do' we do?" The answer is "the very best >we can". Thank you Jim. That's what I was getting at. The best I can. Perhaps I can't make all of the different components come together perfectly. (That's one of the things I meant when saying that my restringing jobs never come out perfectly.) But you explained it much more thoroughly. I do beleive that when we are indeed mindful of the various components of a _good_ restinging job, we are much more likely to come close to our objective and most likely have a nice looking job as well. Thanks for the good discussion. Brian Trout Quarryville, Pa.
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