<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm adding some single strings (6) to the lower = part of the tenor section of a piano to smooth out the scaling.  The = bearing is minimal at the bottom of the tenor bridge and the singles with their = wrap actually put those strings slightly negative.  Would you be = concerned about those singles and therefore opt to compromise the scaling and omit them = keeping a no singles pattern?  Or will they likely not be a problem since = they won't change the overall pressure on the bridge that much.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>