---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 02:48 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > So what=A0is the real reason for tapping?=A0More wood, or less pin? > =A0 > Wim > It appears to me that the most dramatic effect is when the bridge pin=20 actually bottoms out in the hole, transferring the vibration of the=20 string into a solid contact at the bottom of the hole of the bridge,=20 producing a better transferral of vibration to the soundboard. =20 However, I have observed improvements even when the pin hole doesn't=20 seem to have a bottom and you have to stop tapping before the pin=20 disappears below the string. Any thing which better solidifies the=20 contact of the string to the pin to the bridge and helps stabilize the=20= transferral of vibration will improve tone and reduce false beats. If you want to hear the difference without driving the pin or tapping=20 the strings, just take your pin tapping tool or a screwdriver blade and=20= press down on the bridge pin and listen to the difference. If the pin is flagpoling, it is because the pin is loose in the hole. =20= Geometry doesn't care how high the pin extends above the string as long=20= as termination is solid at the string/pin/bridge contact point and the=20= pin is in firm contact at the bottom of the hole. Jeff ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1263 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/bf/ef/90/49/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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