---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment >It's looking like fiberlass will work the best. We also tried using bone, >which works excellently (violin bridges and nuts are made from it), but it >is nasty stuff to work with and would be difficult to keep the >quality/integrity consistent. > >Any more suggestions from the group on what to use? > >Don A. Gilmore Hi Don, Have you tried a ceramic? Though I have no clear idea how the agraffes would work. It's been a while since I read the article, and my memory is more selective and less dependable than I'd like, but aren't you using the plate and hitches as the electrical common and insulating at the agraffes and V bar for individual strings, with the contact at the bottom of each tuning pin? If I'm remembering correctly, that tuning pin contact struck me as potentially problematic, though it may not prove to be in practice. I thought of possibly an insulated hitch pin, vertical or with ceramic (etc) aliquots so the agraffes and V bar could be the common, with ribbon cables on the underside of the plate for individual string contacts. That would also require individually tied strings, but a standard agraffe and V bar could be used unless corrosion problems develop at the contact points. Might well be just trading one set of concerns for another. Ron N ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.551 / Virus Database: 343 - Release Date: 12/11/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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