What about the struts? Does it add any stress there? I have an older Steinway in the shop and the bridge is so darn low (about 23 mm in the treble) that I'm considering both raising the plate by installing a thicker pinblock plus I might have to take a bit off the underside of the uppermost strut where the bridge crosses under (a couple of mm's) to get the bridge height up and still have clearance. Is that likely to create a structural weakness? David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:24 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Veritical Hitches > When the string gets up the pin too far and too high off the plate, where > exactly does that put excess, unwanted stress? > > David Love On the iron between the pins. That's why I rearrange the original in line hitch pattern and stagger them rather than leave the "break here" perf. It weakens the plate less. Ron N
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