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ly, nickel Diamond pins are not nickel all the way down. .<BR><BR>P=
aul Larudee</P> <P> They sure look like it to me. I'll bet th=
at the threads are cut first then nickel plated otherwise we would =
be able to see where the cutting begins against the plated threads.=
</P> <P> </P> <P> Dale erwin</P> <P> </P> <P><BR><BR>Davi=
d Love wrote:<BR><BR>> As long as the nickel plating doesn't cover the=
threaded area of the pins,<BR>> then it is cosmetic. Nickel Den=
ro pins are blue threaded. Nickel Diamond<BR>> pins are nickel a=
ll the way down. Beyond that, nothing wrong with cosmetics.<BR>> I thi=
nk the blued pin looks better on an older piano, but that's just my<BR>&g=
t; taste.<BR>><BR>> David Love<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Messa=
ge -----<BR>> From: <larudee@pacbell.net><BR>> To: <pianot=
ech@ptg.org><BR>> Sent: November 22, 2001 8:18 AM<BR>> Subject: =
Re: a Bechstein from DC<BR>><BR>> > William J Schlipf wrote:<BR>=
> ><BR>> > > Sorry Wim, I did mean nickel plated pins.&nbs=
p; Most rebuilders that i know,<BR>> > > would use only blued pi=
ns in an instrument of this quality.<BR>> ><BR>> > Out of cur=
iosity, why do you consider blued pins more appropriate?<BR>> > Bec=
hstein, Boesendorfer, Fazioli and other high end makers use nickel pins<B=
R>> > in their new pianos these days. I consider purely a mat=
ter of cosmetics.<BR>> ><BR>> > Paul Larudee<BR>> ><BR>=
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