high humidity (was tapping strings)

[Ron Nossaman]

>Fred Sturm wrote
>
>>
>>         What puzzles me the most is the pitch variation within individual
>> unisons between left and right strings, and especially the fact that
>> they are often greatest in the highest octave or two. I don't claim to
>> have many answers, just an observant and inquiring mind.
>
>I understood that this is because one bridge pin is closer to the middle
of the
>bridge, so when the bridge tips or changes dimension, pins farther out
from the
>bridge center move more.
>
>-Mike

The pitch changes because the length of the string has changed. For a given
length of change, the percentage of change, therefore resulting tension
change, will be greater in the string with the shorter overall length. No?

Ron N