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Hi all,
I got a new e string and my bridge has a thing on it which I'm assuming is an e string bridge protector? The string seems to also have this on it. I wasn't able to take off this thing from the e string because it won't pull off. Is it ok to put it on the existing protector since I can't really seem to get either off without messing something up? Will it affect sound?
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Hi @BobbyFlay and others. You are taking a belt and braces approach here. The bridge parchment paper is all that is necessary. I generally let the string sleeve loose on the after length. But no harm is done by your arrangement.
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Most violin bridges have a protective piece of parchment under the E string. The bridge protector on the string is there in case your bridge doesn't have one.
I put the tube on the bridge anyway, mostly so that it isn't loose to buzz on the string afterlength.
Also, as long as you have parchment on your bridge, don't worry about damaging the bridge protector, it's too soft to cut the string. I've played with a torn bridge protector for as long as three months, until the string went dull and needed replacement anyway. As far as I could tell, the string was not damaged.
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For the adventurous, here's a tutorial, compliments of Fiddlershop, on how to install a parchment:
I want to second Irv's suggestion. A while back, I was at Fiddlershop just after having installed new strings myself. So there was the parchment and the little plastic tube, just like in BobbyFlay's photo. Felix (the shop's master luthier for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting him in person or on Youtube) took one look at my arrangement and promptly shoved the plastic tube as far down as it would go on the after length. If that solution is good enough for Felix, it's good enough for me
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@BobbyFlay and others. I have no empirical evidence as yet to support this, but the mass of the plastic sleeve is so slight as to give little concern about buzz when positioned on the after length portion of the string. Literally millions of such sleeve so exist through out the world.
One is reminded of the pebble under the princess’ mattress on this regard.
Success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal. —Earl Nightingale.
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