On 4/17/07 8:36 PM, "Keith Roberts" <keithspiano at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 Yep, I agree. Sharpness of profile plus angle of deflection. I don¹t think hardness enters into it, unless somebody can show me how. I don¹t see how softer metal would make a sharp profile with a high angle less apt to string breakage. Maybe it does, but I don¹t understand how. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070418/413f9c55/attachment.html
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