Bridge Seating (was Re: Where to notch a bridge, & relative effects ????? (Advice sought)

[Avery]

Ron,

Would you also say this about brand new, out of the box pianos that 
have had nothing done to them since they left the factory in Japan? I 
have 9 of those that came in yesterday! :-) Never been in a store or 
anything! Just wondering if it would do any good to do a little 
"seating" on those! I've been doing some "prep" tuning just to make 
them usable but the next time, do you think I should do a little 
"seating" before I tune? The three I tuned today, I noticed a few 
false beats but nothing really serious.

Avery

At 06:07 PM 9/7/2006, you wrote:

>>Bingo.
>>How many techs are using epoxy to achieve this, and how many try to 
>>seat the bridge pins first? Just curious
>>Jonathan Finger RPT
>
>Almost everyone tries to seat the strings or bridge pins first. It 
>was, after all, the way we were taught. The trouble is that it 
>doesn't fix the problem, only sometimes improves the symptoms, and 
>will likely make it worse in the long run.
>Ron N