In a message dated 20/08/01 9:35:44 PM, baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca writes: << How much deformation of the string at the pin, needs to take place to inhibit rendering? >> Hmmm............ I would think anything beyond the plastic/elastic limit of the wire would inhibit rendering due to the angles involved. This is all swag on my part but it makes sense to me that a wire bent around a pin will not render as nicely as one which just runs straight past, yet touches, that same pin. And when both bends are added in that makes 'smooth' rendering, of total string length, all that much more iffy. I have yet to see a Wapin bridge in person but the principle I can appreciate. Anything that makes a more solid termination (3 pin?)at the bridge will perform better than a less solid termination (2 pin) on that same bridge and this without consideration of any rendering factors. I am looking forward to seeing/hearing my first Wapin...but then the Nossaman imperative will have an effect as in ...'well how would this board/bridge sound without the Wapin installation ?'......... Jim Bryant (FL)
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