pressure bar

[Greg Newell]

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Here I thought you just tightened them down until they strip and then back 
them off a quarter turn. ;-)





At 08:45 AM 12/19/2002, you wrote:


>>  Hello
>>    I am restringing a Willis upright. I took a gauge of the pressure bar 
>> before removing the old strings. I have now lost the gauge. How do you 
>> set the height of the pressure bar.
>>                                  Thanks  Jack
>
>Hi Jack,
>Your first clue will be the feel of the screws as they go back in. They'll 
>snug up dramatically when they get to the depth they were originally. The 
>strings should end up approximately parallel to the plate between pressure 
>bar and tuning pins. Enough bearing angle to hold spacing and supply some 
>frictional drag for tuning, without clamping the strings against the plate.
>
>Ron N
>
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Greg Newell
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