[CAUT] When to restring...

[Greg Newell]

Jim,

                Are you re-annealing the brass when you do this too?

 

Greg Newell

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Busby
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 6:37 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] When to restring...

 

Paul,

 

I pushed “send” before seeing your post. 

 

If you experiment with some polished agraffes vs. new untouched you’ll see
that it really does seem to deform less. I’m sure you know that, but it’s
been 5 years since you showed me this method and I’ve seen much less
“distorting” of the holes. Maybe some more of your good pictures will help. 

 

(Maybe I’ve got too much time on my hands! <G>)

 

Regards,

Jim Busby 

 

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:58 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] When to restring...

 

 

 

In a message dated 8/5/2010 4:24:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tannertuner at bellsouth.net writes:

Don't we all pretty much agree that the extra polishing to the agraffe is
rendered null as soon as the new wire is pulled to tension with the wire
serving as a burnisher of sorts and distorting the new beautiful work just
performed?

As much as we all agree that, as soon as a wire is rendered under tension
under the capo that the "perfect" contour erodes. So why bother at all,
Jeff? My answer is, and always has been, that if we don't start from as
close to a perfect condition, knowing that it will degrade, how will we know
how it might sound. I don't for a moment think you are arguing lack of
quality, but we spend inordinate amounts of time on bridges, and tuning
temperaments, knowing that they'll degrade almost as, and as soon as, we
finish them. 

 

Paul

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