<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=715573312-29042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It seems to me that any change in the length of the string because of poor seating on the bridge or  deformation of the bridge surface, would be insignificant.  However, that said, I believe that a poorly seated string coupled to the a loose bridge pin actually lowers the pitch because it is as if the pulse traveling along the string suddenly thinks that the bridge pin is part of the string and thus a longer string length.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=715573312-29042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=715573312-29042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=715573312-29042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Michael Wathen</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>