[CAUT] string level

[Fred Sturm]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:00 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> Like you said, your going to have to experiment with different  
> magnet strengths...I bet it doesn't take much of a magnet to move  
> that wire...good luck.


	I've done a bit of testing, using the magnet one and then a gravity  
one on the same strings. With a moderately strong magnet, I am getting  
no difference of reading. I am thinking of a stronger but much thinner  
one, hoping to come up with the same attractive force in a thinner  
profile. But, yes, it will need some testing. I think it would be more  
of an issue in the tenor section. In the mid treble, you are closer to  
the termination, and the strings are stiffer, harder to move. And that  
is where I would be using it. But it would be nice if it worked as  
well throughout.

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu