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Old May 5th, 2008, 09:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
stephent2
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Originally Posted by kp8 View Post
This i know from my Fletcher and Rossing: The vibration of the string is transfered to the top via the saddle & bridge.

For the life of me i can't figure why bridge pins of different material would make any difference at all.
What's holding the string in the bridge (pressing the string to the bridge)? What is the point of contact for the string and bridge? The lowly bridge pin.

In a good fitting bridge/pin system the pin has almost as much contact with the string as the bridge. Only makes sense to me that the pin material is a factor in tone.
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