Hey Ron, Twasn't a smack, just a friendly pat on the cranium. hehehe Seriously, though, I have done a lot of work in this regard and I think that plate bushing can be made to serve a real function, other than providing unskilled labor a pilot hole for drilling, as is claimed by others. Best Regards, Joe Garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:17 PM Subject: Re: S&S tuning pins... > >Ron, > >If Plate Bushings were made correctly, as they originally were designed, > >then they would definately have an effect on the overall torque. I > >personally can varify this with past rebuilds, using plate bushings made out > >of pin block material. And with the system I have devised for preparing > >regular plate bushings, prior to installation. This system retards the > >failure rate considerably. > >Regards, > >Joe Garrett > > Ah yes. That's what I get for having a leaky brain. I do remember you > posting on this. Thanks for the smack up-side the memory. You must be the > guy everyone is contradicting. > > Ron N >
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