[CAUT] Hardness of termination vs string breakage (was Re: restrung D)

[Keith Roberts]

Hi Fred, strings breaking at the capo bar I think it would be a matter of
bearing length, the sharper profile capo bar having less bearing length and
the softer capo bar developing a  longer bearing surface no matter what the
profile. All the pressure and force of a FFF blow concentrated over a
shorter bearing surface and segment of wire has far more potential to break
a string.

Keith Roberts


On 4/17/07, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:
>
>    About the question of capo hardening, I am merely asking people to set
> aside "what seems reasonable" and "what one heard somewhere" and take a
> fresh look. Is there really compelling evidence out there, one way or the
> other? Is the conceptual model really convincing? The conceptual model
> doesn't convince me, unless someone has a different one to offer, and I am
> not convinced by what experimental evidence I have been able to gather
> from
> people with experience.
>    I have never fooled with capo hardening, nor has anyone in my neck of
> the woods, so I have no personal experience to draw on. And no particular
> axe to grind, either. It's just an annoying bit of cognitive dissonance
> I'd
> like to see cleared up, or at least made a bit clearer.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
>
>
>
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