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[J Patrick Draine]

FYI, Mason & Hamlin is using stainless steel bridge pins.
Patrick Draine

On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:46 AM, Farrell wrote:

> > Ron O replied:
> >
> > It is a worthy field of investigation Carl. Conventional bridge pins
> > suffer severe damage at the termination point. An intermediate
> > solution would be hardened bridge pins, but it will be a costly
> > exercise.
>
> Hardened bridge pins would be costly? I can see such an argument  
> from a Chinese manufacturer, but from a famous American or European  
> manufacturer who "spares no expense to create an uncompromised  
> instrument?" I realize that if a pin costs a nickel or dime rather  
> than two cents, times 500 pins, that would increase the cost of  
> building the piano by $15 - $40....... or am I missing something?  
> Or are the upper-end larger, uncompromising, manufacturers really  
> that cheap?
>
> Terry Farrell
>