<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks, Jurgen, I'll try that.  It also = solidifies the bridge pins, and prevents any possible string damage.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">Piano Forte Supply</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 13, 2005 = 12:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Seating strings: = what's the sound tell you?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Tapping strings down to eliminate false beats is good - = giving the bridge pins a tap is even better.  Tapping the bridge pins in = just a fraction has several advantages: it positions the string at a "new" termination point on the bridge pin, and it pulls the string back down = onto bridge.  One danger of tapping the string itself onto the bridge = is embedding it too deeply into the the bridge cap, creating a poorly = defined termination and associated tonal problems.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>