Conrad, At 01:27 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote: >At 11:47 AM 8/24/2006 -0500, you wrote: >>But as Ron N. asked, I still don't understand why "doping" the pin >>block would cause extra stress on the bridge??? >> >>Avery > > >Avery, > >I'm not Ron N. or Julia, as they would both be VERY quick to point >out, but I'll put out a possible cause/effect sort of thing, anyway... > >If "doping" the pinblock is an effort to make tuning pins hold at a >tension commensurate to that needed to tune the piano at a standard >pitch, then, if the treatment is successful, and the piano is then >brought up to that standard pitch, the total tension on the >instrument will be higher than in it's untunable state and (big >caveat coming...) if there is any downbearing on the bridge, there >will be more pressure on the bridge. > >Am I close?? Well, I guess I can live with that. :-D Avery >Conrad Hoffsommer > >All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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