string seating - was bridge caps

[Richard Moody]

Sometimes when the bridge it tilted down toward the agraffes the
bearing will be positive at the rear but at the front the string will
"levitated" up on the front pin.   This may be what causes the "fan
like" patterns on the bridge when looking after the string has been
removed.    ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 7:17 AM
Subject: string seating - was bridge caps


| >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