---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 4/1/04 12:19:08 PM Central Standard Time, davidskolnik@optonline.net writes: Therefore, you are much better off tapping down the bridge pin than the string. But this assumes either that the pin is not already bottomed in the hole or that you can safely drive the pin into the bridge body, like a nail. There has been a lot of discussion about tapping the pin to create better tone, less distortion, etc. But what are we doing? Is the better termination caused because by tapping we are driving the pin deeper into the wood at the bottom of the hole, thus creating a more stable pin, or are we shortening the tip that sticks out, lessening the flag poling effect? On a Yamaha upright recently I tapped the pins, and wound up driving them down below the level of the strings. I had to release tension, and put the pin back in, but it didn't bottom out. It almost makes me wonder if this might be the case in other pianos. So what is the real reason for tapping? More wood, or less pin? Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano tuner/technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/66/c4/ea/bb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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