Please correct if this is entirely wrong... but I thought that since the string was being measured in terms of its tension (pounds) one could simply the problem as a like sided triangle with half the pounds on each leg. Since the measurement is taken in the deflected condition... you have basically the hypotenus and all angels of a right angle triangle available to figure the amound of deflection.. pounds in this case. So 160 pounds with a 2 degree deflection at the bridge yields Sin 1 x 80 = 1.396192515 lbs downbearing, which is 1.745 % of the string tension. er... yes ?? RicB ------------- > So knowing all of the above, what is the equation that will calculate > an approximate string bearing load under the conditions I describe? Beats me. I use the SIN(RADIANS(degree measurement))*tension per unison, and add them up in my spreadsheet.
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