---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Here I thought you just tightened them down until they strip and then back them off a quarter turn. ;-) At 08:45 AM 12/19/2002, you wrote: >> Hello >> I am restringing a Willis upright. I took a gauge of the pressure bar >> before removing the old strings. I have now lost the gauge. How do you >> set the height of the pressure bar. >> Thanks Jack > >Hi Jack, >Your first clue will be the feel of the screws as they go back in. They'll >snug up dramatically when they get to the depth they were originally. The >strings should end up approximately parallel to the plate between pressure >bar and tuning pins. Enough bearing angle to hold spacing and supply some >frictional drag for tuning, without clamping the strings against the plate. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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