Paul,
I would say that string fatigue is mitigated significantly by maintaining optimal hammer shape, but don't know that I would go so far as to say that it is eliminated.
Re: the OP: an argument can be made for restringing the treble as soon as the first string breaks (because others have, by then, been weakened and, I suspect, become out-of-round at the point where they contact the capo, which hinders string rendering).
Alan
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Alan Eder, RPT
Herb Alpert School of Music
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
661.904.6483
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-01-2019 14:51
From: Paul M. Rattigan
Subject: String breakage.
Over the years I've observed a direct correlation of string breakage to long string cuts on the hammer crown. Maintain the correct hammer profile, year in and year out, while removing little as possible or nothing from the crown. String fatigue will be eliminated as a contributing factor, and string breakage will be a rare occurrence.
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