<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Gregor,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Quite simply the disadvantage to "seating strings" is that when one presses too hard on the strings, one creates deeper and deeper string groves/indentations in the bridge surface.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=karlkaputt@hotmail.com href="mailto:karlkaputt@hotmail.com">Gregor _</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:15 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Seating Strings: Putting it to Rest/Out of It's Misery</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Ric,<BR> <BR>in a posting you mentioned an article you wrote about that topic. Is it available online? I can´t follow that discussion because I can´t see any disadvantages of seating strings. Obviously the critical point is not to make an indentation in the bridge that is below the string line? I can´t figure out how that could happen. I never noticed any bad consequences of string seating.<BR> <BR>Gregor<BR> <BR> <BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:55:00 +0100<BR>> From: ricb@pianostemmer.no<BR>> To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>> Subject: Seating Strings: Putting it to Rest/Out of It's Misery<BR>> <BR>> Actually I agree... both with Deans formulation and with Terry's <BR>> assessment of it. That said... in the immortal words of... and <BR>> paraphrased a tiny bit... "I just wish we could all get along with each <BR>> other... a little better" <BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> RicB<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Very well said Dean. A very good rule to follow.<BR>> <BR>> Terry Farrell<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> One thing you must learn about this list is it is full of really<BR>> smart and opinionated people who aren't shy about sharing their<BR>> thoughts. Eat the meat, spit out the bone, thicken your skin, and<BR>> please keep posting because we can always use another of the above. ;-)<BR>> <BR>> Dean May<BR>> <BR><BR><BR> <HR> Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. <A href="http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx " target=_new>Check it out!</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>