Accu-Just Hitch Pins

[Farrell]

> it would seem that two strings could have the same
> deflection angle, yet exert different amounts of pressure on the bridge in
> the vector perpendicular to the soundboard.

Among strings that have the same deflection angle, the amount of pressure exerted on the bridge in the vector perpendicular to the soundboard will be directly proportional to the string tension.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Shuster" <charter1400@charter.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Accu-Just Hitch Pins


> May I insert another newbie question?  Intuitively (which is so often wrong,
> especially in physics), it would seem that two strings could have the same
> deflection angle, yet exert different amounts of pressure on the bridge in
> the vector perpendicular to the soundboard.
> 
> I could imagine that since the tuned pitch of the string is constant, that
> eliminates a few variables (since equal pitch accounts for string mass and
> tension), but... hmm, maybe there are no other variables to account for?
> 
> --Cy Shuster--
> Rochester, MN
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Accu-Just Hitch Pins
> 
> 
> > Two magnets, actually. And it is designed to read out string bearing in
> > terms of percentage of string tension rather than degrees of angle. As
> your
> > chart points out.
> 
> 
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