Hey folks. I am restringing and rescaling a small grand. The hitch pins for the lowest five notes (wound bicords) on the tenor bridge appear to be displaced up to 7 mm toward the bass side from a straight line from the agraffe across the bridge pin holes and to the hitch pins (i.e., the string makes a gentle bend around the speaking side bridge pin, and a much sharper angle as it goes around the bridge pin closest to the hitch pin). That seem like a lot to me. For several strings it would actually be better alignment to put the string on the adjacent hitch pin on the treble side. My question. This is a low budget affair, although I always wish to do these things right. How would such poor alignment affect a little piano. Presumably I will fix it. I would suppose the best way to go about it (being that I am not recapping the bridge) would be to reposition these last ten hitch pins. Agree? Thanks for any thoughts. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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