Seating strings

[Phillip Ford]

>It's strange that everywhere else in a piano where a string changes 
>direction, the acute angle goes over a strip of metal (front bearing 
>bar, pressure bar, agraffe/capo, rear duplex)... except the front 
>and back notch edges of the bridges.
>
>I guess this is one of the smallest angular deflections... (assuming 
>positive downbearing).
>
>--Cy--

Well, I made the suggestion to put a thin sheet of metal on top of 
the bridge.  But I seemed to get no takers on the idea.

Phil Ford