[CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner?

James Patrick Draine draine at me.com
Sun Feb 7 08:23:04 MST 2010


On the other hand, several PTG Institute instructors have suggested a quick pitch raise to A-442, and THEN seat bridge pins (if necessary), and strings to bridges (gently). This will often leave the pitch level roughly around A-440, and it's ready for a semi-fine tuning.
Patrick
 
On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote:

> I think you, Diane, have hit part of the nail "on the head" regarding seating the strings on the bridge.  Might as well do that first, before raising the pitch.  It will be more stable afterward and the difference in the tone/sound makes it also worth the while.
> 
> Henry Nicolaides

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