between fingers 103 u2032 about half way into rack slot 107 u2032 during this operation upper grabber 111 and lower grabber 113 may maintain pipe stand 20 u2032 in a generally vertical orientation in some embodiments a movement of one or more components of pipe handling apparatus 100 may as depicted in fig5 a 5c tilt or lean pipe stand 20 u2032 in a first direction here depicted as along the x direction in some embodiments the top of pipe stand 20 u2032 may tilt or lean in the positive x direction in some embodiments the top of pipe stand 20 u2032 may tilt or lean in the negative x direction in some embodiments the tilt or lean may be caused by a movement of the bottom of pipe stand 20 u2032 of between 0 5 u2033 and 10 u2033 between 1 u2033 and 5 u2033 or between 2 5 u2033 and 4 5 u2033 for example one or more of upper grabber 111 lower grabber 113 or pipe handling apparatus column 115 may be moved horizontally along the x direction to introduce the tilt in pipe stand 20 u2032 in some embodiments one or both of upper grabber 111 and lower grabber 113 may be articulated such that they may rotate in response to the tilt in pipe stand 20 u2032 in some embodiments movement of one or more of upper grabber 111 lower grabber 113 or pipe handling apparatus column 115 may press the upper end of pipe stand 20 u2032 against fingerboard 101 causing the tilt in pipe stand 20 u2032 in some embodiments upper grabber.