Hi, Jim, In answer to your earlier question, flagpoling would be less pulling down from an angle than from pulling back at a right angle to the pin, given the same location of pull. If the lower coil if minimum 1/8" from the plate the flagpoling will be least on a supported (plate bushing) than an unsupported pin (S&S, et al). It would be better if the string leaves the pin at 90 degrees. If that means 7 degrees tilt then it should be 7 degrees. But if it means 5 degrees or even 3 degrees then the holes should be drilled at those angles. What I was suggesting was a means to determine what the angle should be. I have the care of a piano where someone bored the block at the wrong angle. It is a royal pitch to tune. Have a nice day. Newton nhunt@jagat.com
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