tapping strings

[Richard Brekne]

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> >P.S. Just so I'm clear Ron, your take is that the expansion of the bridge
> >causes the string to ride up the pin and then stays there when the bridge
> >shrinks back down? My question is why doesn't the pin ride up and down
> with the
> >bridge? Is it the fact that it is anchored deeper in the wood and the
> expansion
> >happens to a larger degree on the woods' surface?
>
> Nope, my take is that the string doesn't ever stay up the bridge pin to the
> point that it isn't touching the bridge top -- ever, unless the net bearing
> is so negative that it's trying to pull the bridge off of the soundboard.
> Bridge expansion pushes the string up, and the string follows the bridge
> top back down when it recedes. The pin stays in the bridge simply because
> it is tightest in the bottom of the hole, where it's under nearly no stress
> at all.
>
> Ron N

I was also under the impression that your take was that the string isnt pushed
up the bridge pin at all to begin with. Correct ?


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Richard Brekne
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