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

[gordon stelter]

Thanks Dean,
     It also occured to me that this may be better
than risking the chance of increased introduced
"jiggle" in the chuck, by using a long-armed radial
drill press that can reach over the keybed when
drilling a  grand block.  The benefits of pure
uniformity of angle thereby being outweighed by
irregular hole size. 
    Thump

--- Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:

> Thump wrote:
> 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.
>      
> 
> Keeping the drill press roughly in line with the
> strings while sliding
> across the plank is really pretty easy. The slight
> deviations from being
> true to the line of strings has negligible effect on
> pin angle.
> 
> Dean
> 
> 
> 


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