=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RE:_Benefits_of_tilting_the_piano, instead_of_the_drill_press_?_(_Opinions_sought._)?=

[David Ilvedson]

Go back to sleep...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 10/11/2006 1:13:05 PM
Subject: Benefits of tilting the piano,instead of the drill press ? ( Opinions sought. )


>This morning I was lying in bed dreaming of different
>ways to do stuff, and it occured to me that if you had
>a radial drill press on a  movable carriage on the
>floor ( or a normal one, levitating, like Terry's ) 
>and tilted the PIANO, all the holes would be drilled
>at the same angle, with no chance of deviation, as
>long as the floor or tracks were straight and level.
>On the other hand, if you slide the drill press across
>on a plank, you have to keep the arm of it
>perpendicular to the stretcher, or in line with the
>strings, to achieve  uniformity.
>     Does it matter if pins are angled in reference to
>the stretcher, or should they all be canted away in a
>line directly in line with the strings? What is
>usually done? ( I've never paid any attention to this.
>) If you wnated the pins canted away from the strings,
>directly, you'd have to drawa  bunch of lines on the
>pin block, or have a "guide arm" or something. If you
>wanted them tilted relative to the stretcher, you
>could draw a bunch of perpendeicular lines on your
>plank, across the piano, and keep the drill press base
>lined up with these ( and its arm. )
>     But tilting the piano would make this accuyracy
>automatic
>     What think ye?
>     THump



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