David Ilvedson wrote: > A Brekne bridge? Would that be over-bearing....;-] Seems like the > bridge pin would waver and cause tons of falseness...? > > David I. > > > Read the sentence just after the first paragraph. Certainly a very firmly fixed bridge pin is a prequisite for long term success. Just as firmly fixed aggraffes are for their success. RicB > <> > Calin Tantareanu wrote: > >>Hi Richard! >> >>Do you have any pictures of your new type of string termination at the >>bridge? >> >>Best regards, >> >> >> >> > No... sure dont. Its still in the experimental stage.. but I will try > and draw a picture for you. The basic idea is more or less this. > Strings run through bridge pins as they do now, except the bridge pins > are notched with a slot big enough to accept the string snugly and > hold the string well off the bridge. A half round is positioned so as > to deflect the string plane upwards... effectively insuring secure > string contact with the half round, which is clamped by the string > tight against the bridge. > Bridge pins probably have to be threaded and screwed into the wood of > the bridge to keep them tight enough over the long term. > > The position of the halfround is interesting, and I think can be used > much like Wapins middle bridge pin is used. In anycase... the few > experiemental installations I have tried so far on junkers seems very > promising. I believe in open source designing... so I post this to the > general list in case anyone finds it interesting enough to have a wing at. > > Cheers > RicB >
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