Ron- Well...maybe we should just be whackin' hard on the string in the center of the bridge...not to seat the string, but to make a groove in the center of the bridge to connect the expansion induced grooves at the edges, which would now allow the string to seat itself. Ed ---------- >From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> >To: caut@ptg.org >Subject: Re: tapping strings >Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2002, 3:42 PM > >>So why not put a gully or negative crown on the bridge to be sure there is >>more bearing at the edges of the bridge? [Patent applied for :)] >> >>Ed > > Ed, > It wouldn't surprise me if it hadn't already been patented. Julius, Jonas, > or Theodore surely must have thought of it. It has been done, sort of, with > bridge agraffes. With maple, it would weaken an already abused edge. So > where's that composite when you need it? > > Ron N
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