<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/11/01 6:34:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>mitch_ruth@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Recently, I did a floor tuning on a Chickering Grand. There was quite a bit
<BR>of flex in the pins and I thought that one of the factors (besides lousy
<BR>tuning pins) might be the lack of bushings. In other words, would plate
<BR>bushings provide extra stability in the pins themselves rather than provide
<BR>tuning stability? Anybody?
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<BR>Learnin'Learnin'Learnin'
<BR>Mitch Ruth
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<BR>If tuning pin bushing are for stability, why don't Steinway's, one of the
<BR>most stable pianos around, have tuning pin bushings?
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>