Howard, it seems to me that the tension of the whole string would be the same, automatically. The mass of the whole string will determine what the tension of a given pitch will be. Therefore, using a lower-diameter tie-on will only affect the tension by a small percentage, and it would affect the thicker part, too, by the same amount. Personally, I just use the same diameter for tie-ons. Why go larger or smaller? If the broken string has a diameter in between standard sizes, I don't think that the small difference of going up or down 1/4 size, or whatever, would be enough to matter. Susan At 01:21 PM 09/15/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Friends, > >I've read several times that it is safer to use a thicker add-on when tieing >a string. I wonder if anyone can explain the reasoning behind this thought. >I am puzzled because I have always done just the opposite and have never had >a failure (once the knot was tied and the string was brought up to pitch). > >If 2 strings of differing widths were brought up to the same pitch, wouldn't >the thinner one reach the pitch with less tension?????? Therefore, I reason >that a thinner add-on is less likely to break than a thicker piece. Please >explain if this reasoning is wrong. > >Please send duplicate responses to me personally as I am not currently >subscribed to this list. Many thanks. > > >Howard S. Rosen, RPT >Boynton Beach, Florida >hsrosen@gate.net
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