At 11:03 AM 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Susan, > >Such fun. Glad to hear it. I think so, too. >>If CA is put on when the pins are new, do the strings ride up at all? > >I played with this for a while, and did not notice any substantive improvement. Too bad .. I was hoping that CA might control the whole thing. >>Is there some form of lubrication, also when the bridge was new, which would >>prevent them ever creeping up (if creeping is what they do), without >>clogging the tone? > >Yep, it's called graphite. Sure, you can double the life of violin and cello strings by rubbing pencil lead in the grooves at the nut and bridge; but contact with wood wasn't what I meant. I meant the metal-metal of the bridge pin and wire, which is where the friction seems to do the damage (making grooves, hanging up). I was thinking more along the lines of a drop of Protek, dabbed on right at the front bridge pin, while the bridge pin was new and unmarked. I was afraid of clogging the tone later, though, and unsure if it would improve the problem. Full speed ahead, if ahead is where we're going! Susan Kline skline@proaxis.com P.O. Box 1651, Philomath, OR 97370 Variables won't; constants aren't.
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