<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/1/04 9:46:42 AM Central Daylight Time, A440A@aol.= com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I do my lifting starting at the  hitch pin and working my way towards the <BR>tuning pins. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Ed</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wouldn't lifting the string at the hitch pin cause the string to lift o= ff the bridge, causing false beats? When I level the strings in the upper octaves, even if I lift the string right at the v-bar, I can tap the string = ever so slightly at the bridge, and the level is off again. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>