Benefits of tilting the piano, instead of the drill press ? ( Opinions sought. )

[Farrell]

> Does it matter if pins are angled in reference to
> the stretcher,

Tuning pins? Tuning pin angle has nothing to do with the stretcher 
orientation, and everything to do with string orientation.

> or should they all be canted away in a
> line directly in line with the strings?

Canted away from what? Directly in line with the strings? What do you mean? 
The pins should be nearly perpendicular to 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.

Lines on the pinblock for what? I don't understand what you are talking 
about.

> 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. )

Huh?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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