[pianotech] tips, tuning pin ends

[Porritt, David]

I guess not.  My Fujan came with a Watanabe tip and it looks pretty nicely machined.  I used to have tips from the big house and they were ok though I wore them out pretty quickly.  They just seemed to be made from milder steel.

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Tom Driscoll
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] tips, tuning pin ends


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From: Porritt, David<mailto:dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] tips, tuning pin ends

I would suspect, however, that tuning tips are made with more precise equipment than tuning pins.  The machining seen on tips certainly appears to be nicer than tuning pins that appear to have been rods cut to length and mashed by a big press.

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT

David,
You must have not seen a tip from our friends in the big house from Chicago. Sent one back recently ..
    Tom d.
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