Fred Sturm wrote: > Hi David, > A fair number of people believe that tapping bridge pins and "seating > strings" on the bridge (by various means) has a positive sonic effect. It's not a belief, it's demonstrable. There is very often an improvement in tone and clarity. The problem is that they think they've done something different than what they've actually done, and while they've made a temporary difference, they haven't fixed a thing. > In any case, I don't think the word placebo is appropriate. I would > describe it instead as giving a drug which masks symptoms, but has a > long term effect of exacerbating the condition. It's a false positive, by whatever name. Ron N
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