Hi John, I agree that a broken string will cause the plate to move. But the same effect would happen without a soundboard/wooden support structure. How does humidity affect the plate? (Other than rust in extreme cases). At 08:36 PM 08/17/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Sharp! > >Apparently, the broken string caused the plate to spread resulting in a greater tension on the neighbouring strings. I'm no scientist, but I think this is the same situation with the right string of a tri-chord being much sharper than the left. Plate spread (from web to edge) can occur both horizontally and vertically, just don't ask me to explain. > >John Lillico, RPT >Oakville, Ontario > > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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