<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> May 15, 2006 9:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: tuning pin bushings too big<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><EM>   Dittos. Good suggestion.  I do this to many plates. Especially Steinway to prevent the pins from possibly leaning into the plate hole itself.</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><EM>  Dale</EM><SPAN class=031354117-16052006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=031354117-16052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3><SPAN class=031354117-16052006>A good case can be made that this was intentional. I wrote a blurb on this for the Journal several years back. Complete with the geometry.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3><SPAN class=031354117-16052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3><SPAN class=031354117-16052006>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>