<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left top; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: = url(http://skins.hotbar.com/skins/mailskins/st/051902/051902flag148_1.jpg= ); MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; = FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f7fbff" bgColor=#f7fbff stationery_tag_mark hbtype="st" = hmark="hotbar_element"> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On = Behalf Of </B>Keith Roberts<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:34 PM<BR><B>To:</B> doepkeb@comcast.net; Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: = Formula<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>  Tuning pins are all over the map and = depends on who made them. And they are not accurate enough to use them without = measuring. I just saw a box being measured and some you would throw in box of the = next size up because they were that much larger.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Keith Robert<BR></FONT><FONT = face=Arial><SPAN class=683035415-31072003>[Paul Chick = (Earthlink)] </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN = class=683035415-31072003>Keith</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=683035415-31072003>I miked = a box of Denro 2/0 x 2 3/8" Blued tuning pins just 3 weeks ago.  = They varied in size by .0015".  I could not feel the difference in pin = torque after installation, but I did not measure torque-didn't see the = need.  Felt consistant throughout.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=683035415-31072003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=683035415-31072003>Paul C </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>