drilling new pinblock/quick help

[Newton Hunt]

The angle of drilling is 90 degrees to the string when it leaves the pin
with the bottom coil 1/8" above the plate.

If the angle is too great the coil will not tighten up and if it is not
great enough the coils will want to overlap each other.

Put a square on the plate so the far end rests on the bearing bar and
the near end is resting on a 1/8" piece of something.  The angle you see
is the angle of bore.  When finished stringing make sure the coils are
tight and 1/8" off the plate.

		Newton

Bigeartb@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> List:
> Am drilling new pin block installed in grand piano. Question.....do the
> tuning pin holes lean back perpendicular to the stretcher at a 7 degree angle
> on every hole or do the holes lean back at a 7 degree angle in line with the
> direction of the intended string....fanned so to speak. OR......does it
> matter?
> I hope to drill tomorrow after church. I would appreciate a quick reply. I
> suspect.....it does not matter which direction the strings run whether toward
> the left or toward the right of the harp, all the tuning pins are in the same
> direction leaning toward the stretcher at a 7 degree angle. IS THIS RIGHT OR
> WRONG?
> THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU.
> 
> Tommy Black
> Decatur, Ala.