<!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 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=965234017-04042002><FONT color=#0000ff>From what I = can gather, either as often as you believe they need to be tapped or never, ever. = :-) Somewhere in the middle is probably a good equilibrium. Personally, I = beginning to lean in the direction of jamming a very thin piece of </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>non-hygroscopic composite<SPAN class=965234017-04042002> material into space created when the strings = decide they gotta be straight, then suggesting bridge replacement (composed of = same non-hygroscopic composite).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=965234017-04042002> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=965234017-04042002>Anyone got = any suggestions on a good non-hygroscopic composite material? Fiberglass, = maybe? :-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=965234017-04042002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=965234017-04042002>Ron "the = other Ron guy" Torrella</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>It is so interesting that a = simple question has resulted in such a diverse answer. On the one extreme is the = notion that tapping is not only not needed, but actually bad, and the other = notion, which states that it is needed and should be done. While I would welcome the = thought that it is not needed, I still have not read the answer to my basic = question: how often should strings be tapped, or seated, on the bridge? <BR><BR>Wim</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>