>I have not used my roller on my restringing jobs because I feared that I >would be forcing the string into the forward edge of the bridge top, perhaps >enough to cause a bit of damage to the bridge (fast-track bridge-top >string-grooves). I'm really not sure how much damage that could do, because >I have not done it and then removed the brand-new strings to look (would >seem kinda criminal). Do you think such fears are unfounded? I think this >thinking is in line with Ron N.'s philosophy of not stretching strings by >pushing with a brass rod when doing pitch raises because of the same concern >(his post on this made so much sense to me that I stopped doing that). Ron? > >Terry Farrell I can't say for sure, but I don't like the idea. It seems to me that putting four or five times the normal bearing load on the bridge edge, at an exaggerated deflection angle, has got to do damage to the bridge top at precisely the spot it can least afford to have damage done. I find that settling coils, squeezing loops, and prying or pulling strings to straighten them up around bearing points does a fine job of stabilization. I suspect that is what the roller is doing anyway, rather than taking stretch out of the string, only at more risk to the bridge. Anyway, that's my call. Ron N
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