>I don't necessarily want to - it sort of complicates the process. But it >does allow the string to meet the pin at an angle that keeps the coil from >loosening, while preventing the string from climbing up the coil. I have >sometimes varied the angle to suit the individual piano. What angle do you >use? Ok, that's what I was asking, but I wondered what you were measuring the angle from. I like the method of using the string between the counter bearing bar and the tuning pin as the reference line rather than the plate surface, since they don't necessarily end up parallel. Angling the pin so the string comes off the coil in a straight line to the counter bearing is pretty much dead center of your criteria. Something close to 1° looks pretty close to me, which is why I asked. Ron N
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