Who is Tom S.? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: Re: far bridge pin > > In a message dated 4/6/03 11:05:02 AM, RNossaman@cox.net writes: > > >Aside from the likelihood that seating strings in the field doesn't provide > > > >a solid termination point for the speaking length > > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'in the field'? > > > > I'd say you have been largely wasting your time > >seating the strings on the speaking side too. > > > So, if I understand this correctly, you don't believe that seating strings to > the bridge has any effect on false beats? I thought this part of my > post/question was pretty much standard procedure, but maybe I'm confused... > > I'd swear that seating strings to the bridge has had an effect on the > falseness of strings, but maybe I've been experiencing the 'placebo effect'. > > Same thing with tapping the bridge pins in deeper... I had never done this > before, but tried it on the advice of a local RPT. The difference was like > night and day. The tone was SO much cleaner with less pitch variation over > time. My ETD visually confirmed this. > > My question was whether anyone thought that the far bridge pins really have > any effect on false beats, whether seating string to them, or tapping them > in. The speaking side pins certainly do, IMHO. > > Am I confused? > > Tom S > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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