I think that addresses another issue which is the simultaneity of termination, not the force vector of the string around the pin into the stagger angle. p In a message dated 12/26/2008 12:29:47 P.M. Central Standard Time, davidlovepianos at comcast.net writes: What's the difference between leaning the pin out a bit and just cutting the notch just back of pin center? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:03 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bridge Pin Drilling Angle PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote: > And I am particularly taken with the idea of the compound angle from the > perspective you describe--to achieve as efficient a lock as possible, > and to "offset" the bisecting vector. I've always heard the explanation Frank offers for that outward lean, and it always seemed reasonable. But when you really look at it, the offset angle would be bisected by the pins leaning back over the bridge instead of out and away from it. Wouldn't it? Ron N **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081226/6bf993af/attachment.html>
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