<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> August 23, 2003 5:15 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Help We Do Not = Need</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Establish a 10 - 12 degree string deflect angle. That = should do it for you. <P>Cheers <BR>RicB </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT>  <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Not = necessarily. With an upright the deflection angle can often be much less than 10º and still = give good speaking length termination. It depends on the distance between the = V-bar and the pressure bar. If it's close in that angle can be very slight and it = will all still work quite well.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>This is = another subject for which a search of the archives might be useful. But in general the = pressure bar should be at an elevation which renders the string length between it and = the tuning pins roughly parallel to the surface of the pinblock or plate. = Whichever comes first.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>