Stuart

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:51:06 +0100


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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