[pianotech] Bridge Pin Drilling Angle

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Dec 25 05:52:22 PST 2008


> I wondered about that, but what are you insuring? There is no less 
> bridge on the top than any other place along the bridge, even though 
> generally the bridge pins are spread as little as 11/32". Aiming them 
> toward the notch may hedge against bridge notch edge compression. But 
> maybe not ...:-)
>  
> P

I try to lean them out a little in the treble to get as much 
of the pin (lower in the bridge body) as far away from the 
edge as I reasonably can, since I've got the unisons offset to 
the front of the bridge up there. It's probably not really 
necessary, particularly with laminated caps, but feels better 
to me and is no extra trouble to do.
Ron N



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