<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type= content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> A Brekne bridge?   Would that be= over-bearing....;-]   Seems like the bridge pin= would waver and cause tons of falseness...? David I.     ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Richard= Brekne <<A= href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A>> To: Calin Tantareanu <<A= href="mailto:dnu@fx.ro">dnu@fx.ro</A>>, Newtonburg <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:45:42 +0100 Subject: Re:= Stuart Calin Tantareanu wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid00ef01c4b086$42847620$6cd8e7c1@C= type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Hi Richard! Do you have any pictures of your new type of string termination= at the bridge? Best regards, </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>No... sure dont.  Its still in the= experimental stage.. but I will try and draw a picture for= you.  The basic idea is more or less this. Strings run= through bridge pins as they do now, except the bridge pins are= notched with a slot big enough to accept the string snugly and= hold the string well off the bridge. A half round is positioned= so as to deflect the string plane upwards... effectively= insuring secure string contact with the half round, which is= clamped by the string tight against the bridge. Bridge pins= probably have to be threaded and screwed into the wood of the= bridge to keep them tight enough over the long term. The= position of the halfround is interesting, and I think can be= used much like Wapins middle bridge pin is used.  In= anycase... the few experiemental installations I have tried so= far on junkers seems very promising. I believe in open source= designing... so I post this to the general list in case anyone= finds it interesting enough to have a wing= at. Cheers RicB <IMG alt=""= src="cid:part1.01060205.06010509@grieg.uib.no"> </BODY></HTML= >