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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P>Actual=
ly, 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 fro=
m Pianotek that they<BR>asked Klinke to blue the threads on the nickel pi=
ns, but Klinke declined for<BR>reasons that are unclear to me.<BR><BR>Pau=
l Larudee<BR><BR> Paul</P> <P> If that were true then why do t=
he blued pins have a completly different look I.E. the blued top and then=
the nicely cut steel looking threads?</P> <P> </P> <P> =
Dale Erwin<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: <=
;larudee@pacbell.net><BR>> To: <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>> Se=
nt: 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 thi=
s quality.<BR>> ><BR>> > Out of curiosity, why do you conside=
r blued pins more appropriate?<BR>> > Bechstein, Boesendorfer, Fazi=
oli and other high end makers use nickel pins<BR>> > in their new p=
ianos these days. I consider purely a matter of cosmetics.<BR>> =
><BR>> > Paul Larudee<BR>> ><BR><BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD=
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