tapered pins

[Richard Brekne]

I have an old Broadwood square that has tapered pins.  You'd think you 
could bang them in deeper for better holding power... but it doesnt 
work.  At least not with the taper these have... which is pretty extreme.

Cheers
RicB


     > Thanks David,
     >
     > I had my head up my wazoo.  Bosendorfer and Vose & Sons drilled
    tapered
     > holes in the blocks, they didn't have tapered tuning pins.  I'm glad
     > someone was awake here.
     >
     > William R. Monroe

    Someone did (does). As far as I know, Vose had tapered pins up
    to the time the depression in 1930 did them in. Don't know
    about Bosendorfer. Tapered holes with parallel sided pins as
    about the worst fit you could come up with for tuning pins in
    a pinblock - unless they're drilled from underneath.

    Ron N