Larudee's mystery - Was: Ditch the bushings

[Ron Nossaman]

>There are two questions I would like to ask. 1. When and how did the piano
>industry/Steel industry decide on the current diameters of tuning pins.

That's easy - I have no idea. There is, however, a definite region where
the tradeoff between flagpoling, "holding power", hammer control, and
subjective tunability dictates the pin diameters. Most rebuilder/tuner
folks would put that pin diameter somewhere between 1/0 and 2/0. Ask around
and use the answers to establish the new standard. With the current pinning
system, I'd guess the consensus would be around 2/0, or slightly below.
That's just a guess though.


>2.Why are "Olde" pianos, such as English "Bird-cage"s and Square Grands,
>that have 1/0 or smaller tuning pins, so difficult to tune, that most techs.
>refuse them?
>Joe Garrett

That's easy too - it ain't the pins that's the problem.


Ron N