Hi Jim, How long would it last? Good question, Now you minimize the transverse mode, ( a skipping rope like effect) How much less stress at the pin. mmmmmmmmm More questions and no more answers. A real brain teaser. Darn, the reminds me where did I leave it? Brain, that is. Roger At 10:41 PM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 20/08/01 9:35:44 PM, baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca writes: > ><< How much deformation of the string at the pin, needs to take place to >inhibit rendering? >> > >Hmmm............ I would think anything beyond the plastic/elastic limit of >the wire would inhibit rendering due to the angles involved. This is all swag >on my part but it makes sense to me that a wire bent around a pin will not >render as nicely as one which just runs straight past, yet touches, that same >pin. And when both bends are added in that makes 'smooth' rendering, of total >string length, all that much more iffy. > > I have yet to see a Wapin bridge in person but the principle I can >appreciate. Anything that makes a more solid termination (3 pin?)at the >bridge will perform better than a less solid termination (2 pin) on that same >bridge and this without consideration of any rendering factors. I am looking >forward to seeing/hearing my first Wapin...but then the Nossaman imperative >will have an effect as in ...'well how would this board/bridge sound without >the Wapin installation ?'......... >Jim Bryant (FL) >
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