<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><div>On Jul 4, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Jurgen Goering wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">All right, I'll jump....<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am very far from being an expert on scaling, but I have this to offer: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I agree it could well be a scaling issue.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With details on speaking lengths and string diameters, this could be determined. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I would suspect the % of breaking strength is very low in that area, coupled with high inharmonicity.</font></p> </blockquote><br></div><div>I'll juuuummmmpppp-----</div><div><br></div><div>Mass-loading the underside of that weakest spot on the long bridge is something I would consider with, or before, the above.</div><div>Lots about it in the archives. Ron N.? Ron O.?</div><div><br></div><div>DA </div><br></body></html>