verrry interesting!! :-)

[Brian Trout]

Hi Gordon,

You wrote:
>Maybe not just plate stress. Maybe soundboard rising,
>increasing tension on remaining strings.

I'd kind of doubt that considering there had been very few strings removed 
from the long bridge before the first one of the treble strings popped.

In most instances, you won't find much bearing on a bass bridge, especially 
on one that's heavily cantilevered.  And in such a case, you wouldn't find 
the soundboard to have risen much (if at all) with the removal of only the 
bass strings.

This is an interesting one.  I would have been curious as to what pitch was 
doing on those strings in the upper sections as the lower strings were 
coming off.  But that's one of those things that you probably wouldn't think 
of until it's too late.

Just a couple of random thoughts.

Brian T.


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