bridges/seating

[Ron Nossaman]

Hi John,

Aha! I've got you now.

If the string is flailing up and down on the bridge pin enough to cause the=
 false beat, why wouldn't the balanced vertical excursion forces of the=
 string (up force =3D down force, on average) plus the built in downbearing=
 force equal a positive down force that sets the string nicely on the=
 bridge? How could it slide vertically at all after the initial attack and=
 not seat automatically? If, on the other hand, the string has jumped up and=
 stuck to the pin firmly enough to defy the positive downbearing plus the=
 down stroke of string excursion, it would seem to be pretty firmly=
 terminated wouldn't it? Don't try to tell me it's stuck on the BACK pin and=
 sliding on the front, either. I'm not as look as I dumb. Also, breaking the=
 string loose with a minimal tap would still smack the string down onto the=
 bridge with slightly more than the downbearing force at rest. What is a=
 reasonable average downbearing force per string in, say, octave six?=
 Anyway, the point is it's hitting the bridge harder than you hit it. Not=
 that that's horrible, just an observation. Hello, hello, are you still=
 there? Well, this  certainly isn't 900 number stuff (I'm told <G>) but,=
 yea, it is kind of fun. Maybe Psychic Hotline could help. You're it.


Still unconvinced but persevering,
                                     Ron Nossaman





At 05:42 PM 4/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Ron,
>
>Hey this is starting to get fun!
>
>Here's one idea off the top of my head as to why the string can create
>false beats when rising up the pin: One side of the string terminates very
>nicely on the pin, but the other side, not being seated, is free to
>vibrate. The result is a very confused string with two pretty significantly
>different lengths.  A *very gentle* tap seats the string, and (assuming the
>bridge has been notched correctly) terminates the string in one specific
>location on both pin and bridge.  No more confusion.  No more false beat.
>
>What do you think?
>
>John Mckone, RPT
>St. Louis Park, MN
>(612) 280-8375
>
>P.S. Thanks for returning the apology - I'm sure I'll need it in the=
 future! : )
>
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