tapping strings

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage2001@attbi.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: April 05, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: tapping strings


> At 03:11 PM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Another fly in the ointment......when wood expands in high humidity,
don't
> >holes get bigger?
>
> Holes get smaller in high humidity. Wood expands, not holes (no wood),
> so the wood expands into the hole or crushes around a tuning pin or bridge
pin.



Actually, holes in wood get larger during periods of high humidity. Unless,
of course the wood is constrained in some manner.

Del