[CAUT] Wire Stretch

[John Delacour]

At 3:28 pm -0500 29/4/07, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>>I would say exceptionally, a very very small part of the time. 
>>Even if at the factory the utmost pains are taken to equalize the 
>>tension throughout the length of the string before its final tuning 
>>at the gate, unless all subsequent tuners pay attention to 
>>equalizing the tension, which would be an extraordinary occurrence, 
>>the tension in the speaking length is always going to exceed the 
>>tension between the bridge and the plate, and the excess will grow 
>>with time.
>
>I disagree.

What do you mean you disagree!  If the tension in the back-length is 
low and seating the strings evens out the tension, then the tension 
and pitch of the speaking length will fall.  This is your experience 
and mine and anybody else's.

>Pretty much every living soul out there has access to an ETD capable 
>of measuring pitch levels quite accurately, and calculating tension 
>levels and changes in speaking length and back scale before and 
>after seating strings and noting a pitch drop in the speaking length.

Quite so.  What one earth makes you think I am contradicting that. 
What I took issue with is your previous remark that:

At 12:08 pm -0500 29/4/07, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>If there is significant tension difference between string segments, 
>the rear segments will be of higher tension than the front segments 
>at least part of the time

This seems to contradict everything else that you are saying.

JD