At 08:58 PM 4/10/97 -0600, you wrote: >Ron, > >If you're asking why the string can creep up against the pressure of= downbearing and friction, you need look no further than the impact of the= hammer (on a grand anyway) Especially on a hard use piano. > >John McKone, RPT >St. Louis Park, Minnesota >(612) 280-8375 > Nope, nope, not at all. It's quite obvious that a string can be knocked up= hill against tension, friction, or anything else you care to name. You can= here it happening if you work at it. It's quite clear to me how a string= GETS up a bridge pin. I'm saying that it's not possible for it to STAY up= off the bridge, AT REST, against tension and side/down bearing and pin= angle, unless there is something physically wrong with the bridge pin. What= else would hold it up there magically???? David Copperfield plating? There= has to be a real reason for an observable physical phenomenon. I get enough= mysticism and "have faith, trust me" metaphysics from Government.= Demonstrations can illustrate that it's possible (I'm still working on that= one), but I don't think anyone can realistically champion a fix without a= clear understanding of what's broke. Let's talk "mechanism". I'm willing to= accept the notion that this happens only in the context of a rational= explanation as to WHY it is possible. Wouldn't you like to know too? Ron Nossaman
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