<div dir="ltr"><div>If there is a lot visible, usually there is less pin in the bridge. That would cause false beats to happen easier. </div> <div> </div> <div>In the case of the 8foot ground stakes, they are labeled so the inspector can tell if you cut off the top after you couldn't get it to go in all the way. That isn't true of bridge pin. You have no way of knowing how long the pins are or how deep they are driven. Especially if they cut the tops off. There could be some short ones.</div> <div> </div> <div>Keith Roberts<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Ron Nossaman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d">Dempsey Jr., Paul E wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Something that Ron N. said in a recent post make me want to<br>ask the following. How much bridge pin do we need or want<br> projecting from the bridge?<br></blockquote><br></div>You need enough to hold the string, leaving enough in the bridge to anchor it. Other than that, it doesn't much matter. <div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I remember an early mentor saying that no more than 2 or 3<br>times the diameter of the string was necessary. This would<br> be 3/32" projection for a #13 wire, a little over 1/8" for<br>a #20.<br></blockquote><br></div>Good enough. <div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I've seen bridge pins with 1/4" to 3/8" stickin'out, mostly<br>on low end units, but some on performance level pianos too.<br> </blockquote><br></div>Me too. <div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">This may or may not have anything to do with our false beat<br>thread, but, how much is enough....too much?<br> </blockquote><br></div>It has not a thing to do with false beats, that I've been able to ascertain.<br>Ron N<br></blockquote></div><br></div>