----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:51 AM Subject: Re: Hitch Pin Placement > > Hi Terry, > > > >The piano builder may have been trying to increase bearing in this area to > >compensate for the natural tendency of the bridge to roll. That is my humble > >guess. I'll let the rebuilders on the list guide you in whether or how to > >improve it. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Doug Mahard > > Hi Doug, > Which tendency is that? Don't know about that one, but if there was a > tendency for "bridge roll" there, wouldn't having the hitch pins offset > toward the bass INCREASE any such existing tendency? > > Terry, are these hitch pins on the bass side of the first strut, and out of > alignment with the string simply to clear the strut? > > Ron N > Hi Ron, thanks for writing. Yes, they are the first five notes/10 strings in the low tenor. The hitch pins are set off to the bass side of the bass bridge area. I guess that would be on the bass side of the bass-most strut - the one that begins and ends adjacent to A0. >Willem >You mean on that extra one on the left? <G> And no Willem, there are no extra pins. Definately the right pins, and either the bridge pins/notching or hitch pins or both were put in a misaligned manner. As I have moved/subtracted/added hitch pins previously because of rescaling, I have no problem with doing that. I was just curious if anyone had experience with this condition in the low tenor - maybe I could justify leaving it if I knew it was of no consequence! Otherwise, I guess I should move them. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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