[CAUT] Thank you for Stability advice

[Paul T Williams]

Agreed! I've done the same....It does help...even a little.
Paul




From:
"rwest1 at unl.edu" <rwest1 at unl.edu>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
02/08/2010 11:16 AM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Thank you for Stability advice



I haven't heard anyone mention tightening plate screws.  That can 
help with tuning stability.  Issac Sadigursky used to advocate taping 
down coils on the tuning pins and squeezing beckets to be sure they 
are secure in the tuning pin hole.  The becket squeezing is obvious. 
Taping down the coils supposedly made the coils tighter which would 
make them more secure and enhance stability.  I've tried all the 
above  on an irregular basis and found stability did improve.

Richard West


On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Susan Kline wrote:

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>
>> The placebo effect is very real.
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>> David Love
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> If a treble note sounds false after repeated tuning, I
> turn around a felt muting wedge and give the wire a few
> smart whacks with the thick end, a couple inches in
> front of the bridge.
>
> Perhaps it's the placebo effect at work, but sometimes I
> imagine I can hear a difference. I think that the main
> benefits of the procedure are the release of frustration
> and the fact that I'm not taking a hard tool to the wire
> and deepening the string groove on the bridge top.
>
> Susan Kline
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>
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