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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">> Would it be ideal or
necessary to lower tension on the string before brushing the
V-bar</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">It would have to be pretty
corroded to need that kind of attention. Simply treat all</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">bearing surfaces with Goose
Juice or Protek. Lower the tension on each string</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">until you hear the release (a
few cents lower) and pull to pitch.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">What usually causes strings to
break is trying to pull the wire to pitch and</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">the friction at the v-bar or
agraffe restricts rendering and the string segment</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">at the tuning pin becomes too
high...POW</font>. Lowering the tension breaks that</div>
<div>tension and allows the string to pull right through. If there is
ratchetting and</div>
<div>jumping while trying to nail pitch, sometime another application
of CLP works;</div>
<div>most times the only remedy is string replacement.</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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