Bridges: Chew on this

[Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com]

     Thanks guys. This is interesting, but it's not the question as I
     understood it from the article excerpt.

     IOW, it wasn't whether bridge *pins* were angled. Instead it involved
     the angle the *string* took in crossing the bridge. If you are looking
     down on the top of the bridge, does the string dog-leg to the left or
     the right as it crosses over?

     The question then becomes: since all strings on all pianos have a
     stagger when crossing the bridge, what determines why one manufacturer
     staggers strings to the left and another staggers them to the right?

     In the absence of a drawing, this is the best verbal 'bridge' I can
     offer.

     -jh-
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Tom McNeil writes:
> My understanding is that the "proper" way to drill and insert the bridge
pins
> is so that (thinking of a grand) their bottom ends slant toward the middle
of
> the bridge.  This seems to be structurally stronger, less likely to split
the
> bridge material.  Of course this will be more important in some parts of the
> bridge than in others...

I have thought this way too, but in the bridge recapping class last
year at the national, given by the Snyders, they say not to angle
them toward the center, unless you are near a dog-leg.