<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is amazing that a 180 around a hit= ch pin is sufficient to separate two different tensions.  </FONT></BLOC= KQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>There IS almost no difference in tension, even on a string shared = by two notes. The difference in pitch between the two notes comes not from a= difference in tension, but by a difference in speaking length.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV></BODY></HTML>