<HTML> In a message dated 10/24/03 5:18:00 AM, michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk writes:<= BR> <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">I challenge you to wr= ap a string round a wrest-pin where there's an agraffe and then hammer the p= in into the pin-block without putting a kink in the speaking length of the s= tring. If you can do it I'd like to know. ;-) </BLOCKQUOTE> This is precisely the point, it is doubtful that a string having been dinged= or kinked during install or "hooked" to voice, will then re-straighten itse= lf with the usual speaking tension. My question relates to how does one or h= ow can one straighten a GENTLE curve of the string in the critical inch segm= ent before it terminates at the agraffe or V-bar. Several techs believe this= improves the tone. Glenn C. (is for Coleman)</HTML>