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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Think of it in terms of the string-to-pin
relationship. Not the pin-to-block. I like to have the string leave the pin at
about 89º to 89.5º. That is slightly up in the direction of the coil. If you
have access to your old Journals look at the November 1999
issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B>
April 30, 2007 7:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Tuning Pin Angle<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm stringing an 1890s open-faced-pinblock Knabe
grand. The strings come off a bearing bar on the plate to the tuning pins at
angles ranging from 2 to 8.5 degrees (the steeper angle is for the pins
closest to the capo bar).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fortunately I have graduated beyond the realm of
drilling all tuning pins at some magic 7 degrees or whatever. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My general feeling is to drill the hole at the
exact angle that will initially orient the pin perpendicular to the
string. My thoughts are that perpendicular will not encourage the coil to
loosen, nor will the string tend to cross over the coil. But of
course, over time, there will be some tendency for the pin to lean forward
(hopefully not much on my Delignit-capped block) a bit anyway. And of course,
over time the tuning pin will be screwed downward into the block - both
motions tending to make some acute angle with the string and the pin top
- which will tend to keep the coil tight - and hopefully not
enough angular change to create a situation where the string wants
to run up over the coil.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's the way I see it. What do others have as a
preference for tuning pin angle relative to string angle?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV>
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