> > I still have not read the answer to my basic question: how often should > strings be tapped, or seated, on the bridge? > > Wim Once, when the piano is strung, and then only to make the bends around the various bearing points lay straight. Probably never again after that. During tuning, when you find a beater, press on it at the bridge pin with a fingernail. If that doesn't cure it, tapping won't either, and you haven't done damage verifying it. False beats are almost always loose bridge pins, and seating strings doesn't cure loose bridge pins. Ron N
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