[pianotech] Steinway M ballpark value

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Ron,


I, Terry, and a bunch of other folks drill 
bridge pin holes deeper than necessary, and drive the pins in to finish 
height, without filing the tops.

I've noticed (and brought this up previously) that pianos with filed bridge pins tend to have looser pins over time in the environment around here than those that are not filed.  (Although this could also be a "pressed-in rather than pounded-in" difference as well.)  Think there is anything to that?


Thanks,


Alan Eder




-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 12:33 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway M ballpark value


On 10/28/2010 6:20 PM, Daniel Carlton wrote:
> Terry
> What's this about your pins bottoming out?

There is no acoustic benefit to having the bridge pins bottomed out. 
Seating pins just means you have seated the strings by the friction 
between the string and pin. I, Terry, and a bunch of other folks drill 
bridge pin holes deeper than necessary, and drive the pins in to finish 
height, without filing the tops. If you try to bottom one of these pins 
in the hole, you'll drive it below the cap surface trying.

Ron N


 
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