plate reaction was Re: Pitch Raising to A440.......Or Not?

[jolly roger]

Hi Jim,
            How long would it last?  Good question,    Now you minimize the
transverse mode,  ( a skipping rope like effect) How much less stress at
the pin.  mmmmmmmmm   More questions and no more answers.
A real brain teaser.  Darn, the reminds me where did I leave it?  Brain,
that is.

Roger

At 10:41 PM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 20/08/01 9:35:44 PM, baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca writes:
>
><< How much deformation of the string at the pin, needs to take place to
>inhibit rendering? >>
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>Hmmm............ I would think anything beyond the plastic/elastic limit of 
>the wire would inhibit rendering due to the angles involved. This is all
swag 
>on my part but it makes sense to me that a wire bent around a pin will not 
>render as nicely as one which just runs straight past, yet touches, that
same 
>pin. And when both bends are added in that makes 'smooth' rendering, of
total 
>string length, all that much more iffy.
>
> I have yet to see a Wapin bridge in person but the principle I can 
>appreciate. Anything that makes a more solid termination (3 pin?)at the 
>bridge will perform better than a less solid termination (2 pin) on that
same 
>bridge and this without consideration of any rendering factors. I am looking 
>forward to seeing/hearing my first Wapin...but then the Nossaman imperative 
>will have an effect as in ...'well how would this board/bridge sound without 
>the Wapin installation ?'.........
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>