In a message dated 10/01/2000 11:07:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: << 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 Hi Terry, The piano builder may have been trying to increase bearing in this area to compensate for the natural tendency of the bridge to roll. That is my humble guess. I'll let the rebuilders on the list guide you in whether or how to improve it. Sincerely, Doug Mahard
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