Oops! Forgot we were talking four foot, not one of the eight foots. And generally the four foot bridge is short enough that even if you manage to angle the wire all the way to the pinblock, it shouldn't be that extreme an angle. Still, if it is breaking at the nut pin, that is likely where there is too sharp an angle, thus creating a weak point. Fred Sturm Fred Sturm wrote: > > Interesting. I've never had a harpsichord string break there. Is it the > tuning pin closest to the nut (the bridge glued on the pinblock, closest > to the tuning pins)?
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