strip muting: pitch question

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Rob:

I think it has to do with the fact that we hit the center string more times
in trying to get it where we want it and to get it to stay there. We usually
do not hit the unisons that many times.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Rob Stuart-Vail wrote:

> Wim,
> You wrote:
> 
> >>>It is my impression that none of the strings shift in pitch. I am of the
> >belief that it is the increase preasure on the bridge that causes pitches
> to
> >change during a tuning, unless, of course, the pin wasn't set properly, or
> the
> >string wasn't stabalized. <<<
> >
> 
> And I say:
> 
> OK,  let's go with the idea of the pressure on the bridge causing a shift.
> When I'm checking over my unisons and I find one where a string has drifted
> a bit
> it almost always is *not* the middle string of the unison.
> 
> I wonder what others will say about this.
> 
> Rob
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