---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've always figured that it's because the plate molecules contract and=20= expand but I never really thought about it. Kurt Eisenbach On Saturday, January 17, 2004, at 02:17 PM, Tvak@aol.com wrote: > List > > Certainly I think we can agree that strings near the plate struts go=20= > out of tune more than those in the center of their sections.=A0 And = when=20 > it comes to the tenor break, I think I can understand why this would=20= > happen.=A0 The treble bridge ends there, often the stringing scale = goes=20 > to copper-wound strings for the last couple of unisons and I imagine=20= > the tension of those strings differs from their steel neighbors.=A0 = And=20 > right on the other side of the break, the strings are strung across in=20= > another direction; all of those things could probably contribute to=20 > instability, although I say this not out of knowledge of the=20 > situation, but just looking at it in a logical (but basically=20 > uninformed) way. > > But why does this also happen in the treble break?=A0 Often there's = one=20 > continuous bridge.=A0 Steel strings on both sides.=A0 All strung=20 > parallel.=A0 And yet notes on either side of this break generally go = out=20 > quicker and farther. > > Why should those strings be less stable?=A0 > > Tom Sivak > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1366 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6f/51/f6/61/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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