string seating - was bridge caps

[Ron Nossaman]

>Hi Ron,
>
>So if humidity *is* finally balanced properly would you then consider
>tapping strings down on the bridge?
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.


Hi Don,
Why would I want to in *any* circumstances other than as part of settling
in a restringing? Strings don't levitate above bridges in the first place,
so what exactly is tapping them down on the bridge presumed to do by way of
a fix?  
Ron N