Open face vs. closed face pin blocks

[Newton Hunt]

Snort.

		Newton

Richard Brekne wrote:
> 
> Phillip L Ford wrote:
> 
> > I'm not familiar with the Steinway Magic Circle.  Could you elaborate?
> > ---
> 
> Did I say Magic Circle ?? ... actually I think they call it the Circle of Sound, and the way I
> have had it described it seems to have Magical qualities... but then who knows ?. Its one of
> their reasons that tuning pin bushings are supposed to be a big no no. The bushings are supposed
> to interfere with this Circle of Sound. According to the idea, correct me if I am wrong folks,
> the energy of the vibrating string runs through sort of a  (in a Steinway only mind you) closed
> circuit. From the string to the bridge, through the soundboard, into the plate and then the
> pinblock, then into the relavant tuning pin and right back down the string.
> 
> Sounds kind of fantastic dont it ?. Course I doubt there is any documentation or proof one way
> or the other, but this thread seemed to touch on the idea, so I thought I'd bring it up.... just
> for fun....
> 
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> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no