Bridge Pins & Nega Bearing, was Re: Why do we need crown?

[Ron Nossaman]

> Positive bearing strings will stay seated just as well with positive 
> crown as with negative crown. It's negative bearing strings which won't 
> stay seated and which apply their force to destroy the pinning. That's 
> regardless of positive or negative crown.


It would take a tremendous negative bearing to pull a string 
up off of a bridge against the slanted pins and offset angle, 
unless pin slant was only very slight. Otherwise, strings 
don't un-seat from bridges.

Ron N