<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Alan.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial>Did you say to make kinks in the strings? = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Yes I did.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial>This sounds like a sacralidge, false beat-wise. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Does it ? After all, there is already a kink in vertical = plane at the agraffee termination (or is it the word kink that is incorrect ? I meant = just bending the wire).  Why would a kink in horizontal plane be worse = ?  Also, the wound trichords causing the damping problem are more often = found at the bass side of the scale, where the false beats if any don't bother me = as much as those in the two last upper octaves.  By the way, I am not sure = of the effect of kink on false beats.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005><FONT = face=Arial>Or am I missing something? How do you do = it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Exactly like when lifting strings to get them in the same horizontal plane : = with a hook, pulling the string close to the agraffee in the direction where I = want it (that is horizontally in this case, the left string left and the right = string right).</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Why not give it a try ? The effect on damping is immediate.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Best regards.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Stéphane Collin.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>