String deflection angle (was Re: Help We Do Not Need)

Phillip Ford fordpiano@earthlink.net
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:38:24 -0700 (GMT)


>Establish a 10 - 12 degree string deflect angle. That should do it for
you.
>
>Cheers
>RicB
>
>
>
>Not necessarily. With an upright the deflection angle can often be much 
>less than 10ยบ and still give good speaking length termination. It depends 

>on the distance between the V-bar and the pressure bar. If it's close in 
>that angle can be very slight and it will all still work quite well.
>
>This is another subject for which a search of the archives might be 
>useful. But in general the pressure bar should be at an elevation which 
>renders the string length between it and the tuning pins roughly parallel 

>to the surface of the pinblock or plate. Whichever comes first.
>
>Del

I don't understand why the distance between V-bar and pressure bar 
matters.  I would think only the angle would matter, and that's
independent of the distance between points defining that angle.

Phil Ford 



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