I take offence to the American car remark <Gr> Al Guecia -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:48 PM To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: Nature of tuning pins, why technicians prefer blue > At 05:41 -0400 9/7/08, Jon Page wrote: > >>Another reason to use blued pins is that when they age, you can use a >>wire wheel to them clean up. Plated pins loose their luster and I've even >>seen the plating flake off; no means to make them presentable. > > Yes, and that's the reason I always use them. I think new > nickel-plated pins look cheap and flashy, like American cars. The > plating is quickly done and does not hold, and in any case they look > even worse when they're old. > > Dale says the plating is done after the turning. I haven't any > nickeled pins to look at here but I am pretty sure that is not the > case. > > As to the question of "reverse thread" or whatever, I can find no > pins here, whether old or new, that behave in the way people are > describing. I would suggest that pins that exhibit this behaviour > are made on machines that need at least the cutters replacing. > > JD > >
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