Tuning pin angle(s)

[jimialeggio5 at comcast.net]

Thanks all for your info.

With the brass counterbearing bars...

The photos show situations where the string termination angle seams reasonable.

In a situation where the string termination angle is already quite aggressive, 
33 deg (low tenor), and the string length agraffe to counterbearing bar 
extremely short to boot, the addition of a new brass counterbearing bar would 
increase termination angle to 40 deg or so. Would this be counterproductive, ie 
solve one problem, but create another, in terms of either blowing up the agraffe 
or solving one string rendering condition by creating a different string 
rendering condition? 

If so, does it make sense to leave bad enough alone...and run the strings over 
that mile of felt?  Perhaps going with a different felting material to help the 
poor little strings render a bit better?

Jim I