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You're welcome to ask for yourself, but Bob Marinelli at Pianotek assures
me that the threads on the nickel pins are unblued cut steel.
<p>Paul
<p>DALE ERWIN wrote:
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Actually, nickel Diamond pins are not nickel all the way down.
It's just that
<br>the threads are not blued after they are cut. I have it from
Pianotek that they
<br>asked Klinke to blue the threads on the nickel pins, but Klinke declined
for
<br>reasons that are unclear to me.
<p>Paul Larudee
<p> Paul
<p> If that were true then why do the blued pins have a completly
different look I.E. the blued top and then the nicely cut steel looking
threads?
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<p> Dale Erwin
<br>>
<br>> ----- Original Message -----
<br>> From: <larudee@pacbell.net>
<br>> To: <pianotech@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. Most rebuilders
that i know,
<br>> > > would use only blued pins in an instrument of this quality.
<br>> >
<br>> > Out of curiosity, why do you consider blued pins more appropriate?
<br>> > Bechstein, Boesendorfer, Fazioli and other high end makers use
nickel pins
<br>> > in their new pianos these days. I consider purely a matter
of cosmetics.
<br>> >
<br>> > Paul Larudee
<br>> >
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