Baldwin torque, (was survey)

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Shelly writes:
>When I worked for Baldwin  in the factory at Conway
>for  >12  years, the acceptable torque on a pin was between 180 and 230 lbs.
> otherwise  it was replaced with a  bigger  pin !!!!!!  

Greetings, 
    Amazing, but I remember those.  This is also one reason that I and 
several other techs that I knew stopped recommending Baldwin pianos.  That 
amount of torque does nothing but exhaust the tuner.  
REgards, 
Ed Foote