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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>...if the coil height is,
for example, 3/16", then there should be
approximately</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>3/16" available
between the bottom of the pin and the bottom of the pin</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>hole/bottom of the pin
block</font></div>
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<div>I think a more important consideration is the thickness of the
plate in determining</div>
<div>the length of the tuning pin. The method mentioned above
takes into account the</div>
<div>thickness of the block which is unimportant unless you are using
too long of a pin.</div>
<div>It also doesn't account for larger diameter wire creating wider
coils. I try to use</div>
<div>pins 1/8" longer for the single bass strings.</div>
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<div>There should be some space between the bottom of the pin and
bottom of the block</div>
<div>in the event of driving the pin deeper so as not to have the pin
protrude the bottom</div>
<div>of the block as many Vose & Sons did and some new pianos
which I think had Wyman</div>
<div>on the fallboard and were displayed in Rochester last year.</div>
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<div>One application where a long pin is helpful is on some vertical
pianos where there is</div>
<div>a high counter bearing in the bass. Having the coils higher off
the plate would reduce</div>
<div>the sharp upwards angle of the string. I think there are 2
5/8" pins for this.</div>
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<div>And too much pin length in the block can make for difficult pin
setting especially if the</div>
<div>metal is springy.</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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<div>PS Terry, your posts (and many others) require scrolling
sideways</div>
<div>when viewing the list via the archive. Is your e-mail program set
for</div>
<div>lines over 72 characters? It's as though you never hit the
return key</div>
<div>while typing. It's curious that most missives do not
'run-on'.</div>
<div>Check it out:</div>
<div>https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-March/204162.html</div
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