pinning bridges

Ron Nossaman nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:24:58 -0500 (CDT)


Hi Jim,

Yessir, that was option #2, often accompanied by leaning bridge pins in odd
directions. With the possible exception of the increased stagger angle if
the 'black' is narrowed without offsetting the back pins to compensate, it
all seems to work just fine.   


>Hi to all:
>
>I find that there is nothing sacred about the distance between front and
>back bridge pins. If one is recapping a bridge, the usual interference
>between front bridge pins of one note and the back bridge pins of the note
>above can be avoided by either shortening the distance from the front to
>the back pins of the note above. This will only change the tail aliquot
>length of one or two notes in that tricky crossover section. If you have
>moveable aliquots (like M&H) those lengths can be accommodated by moving
>the aliquots.
>
>Jim Coleman, Sr.
>

 Ron 



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