Hi Ric, Have you tried rubbing paraffin wax (candle wax) on a string to see if that ameliorates the problem? At 09:31 AM 4/14/2008 +0100, you wrote: >Hey Joe. > >Hmm.... I have to believe the non-speaking lengths are going to get >excited anyways. As far as the basic cause for false beats, I've come >to the conclusion that its clearly more complicated then the bridge-pin >being loose. Too much that simply doesnt add up... to many things you >can do to influence the false beat that dont have anything to do with >the pin itself... like this bit about coating the string with some fluid >for example. And for that matter... too many clearly loose bridge pins >that dont have a corresponding false beat. >RicB Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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