<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tito@philbondi.com href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">Phil = Bondi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonville</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 20, 2003 = 5:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Acceptable Tuning Pin Height</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Good morning.<BR><BR>I'll be finishing up a re-string today, with = a little help from my friend<BR>Dave Smith.<BR><BR>>From you more = experienced stringers out there, what is the height from the<BR>plate that you = feel is acceptable and workable for future years?<BR><BR>In the past, I have = tapped them in until the top of the threads just<BR>disappear into the nether = region.<BR><BR>Looking forward to your comments.<BR><BR>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)<BR><A = href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">phil@philbondi.com</A><BR><BR>________= _______________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3/16" to 1/4" from top of plate or pinblock to bottom coil.  = Don't know why --just seems to be what most pianos have.  </DIV> <DIV>    --David Nereson, RPT<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>