Dear Christopher If the pins keep popping out, the holes in your bridge may be a bit too roomy from wear, or the pins may be too narrow. You could have a luthier check them. Maybe replace the pins, they are hardly ever the original pins anyway.
What I do to stop the pin jumping out: I wrap a very small piece of (black) paper around the pin and then insert it with the string. Also, I make a BIG knot in the string, I mean, I make a knot and then another knot on top of it, so to speak :-) I hope that that helps! Best wishes, Jelma van Amersfoort, Amsterdam On 11/24/07, Christopher Stetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all, > I'm fairly new to this early guitar thing, and I just got a small parlor > guitar. I'm wondering if anyone has any hints for mounting gut or nylgut > strings to a pin-style bridge. I've tried just tying a knot, but it keeps > popping out the pin about a 4th lower than target pitch. I've thought of > putting a bead or the little washer from a steel string into the knot, but > haven't yet tried it. Any advice or experience would be appreciated. > Best, and keep playing. > Chris. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
