On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 22:36:02 -0700, Paul irvin wrote:
> but the different sizes for nut and bridge pins definitely provide a 
> way to effect the speech, timbre, and sustain envelope of the 
> strings, and were used by historical builders to tailor the sound 
> across the compass of their instrument.   


humbug

Many builders for all schools used graduated bridge pins and 
occasionally nut pins as well, although that is much rarer.
graduated hitchpins ca also be obvserved, though mostly in early 
pianos. 
Bridge pins sizes correlate (if they do) to string diameters and 
spacings and nothing else.
Stop trying to create myths where there are none.


b

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