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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for relating what you did. That's pretty much what I had in mind. No one who has responded to this has made a case for the tips needing to be so sharp: I will pass that on to my inquisitive assistant. Didn't think there was (manufacturing expediency, perhaps?), but you never know.<br>
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Alan Eder<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:18 pm<br>
Subject: Re: Center Pin<br>
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> About those: A helper recently asked if there is a reason that they
> are sharpened to a fine point (which does make them harder to get back
> into the canvas case they come in). Thoughts? <br>
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> Alan Eder <br>
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The very first time I tried to slide one back in the case and
snagged it, I grabbed my whet stone and slightly rounded and
blunted the ends of all of them. Now they slip into both the
bushings, and the case easily. <br>
Ron N <br>
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