[Jewelry making - Article 00187] - [Orchid] Do violin strings damage rings?

[gwen doran]

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    Hello fellow jewellers around the world. Maybe you could offer an
    opinion. I made a ring a month ago for a young lady who plays the
    violin. The ring is in 18ct white gold (palladium and silver alloy)
    It is set with a radiant cut center stone about a half carat set
    into a four-claw and then is flanked by a tapered baguette on either
    side in a setting to hold the bagette at the broad and narrow sides.
    The client phoned in a state last week to say that the one side stone
    had just fallen out... This has never happened to me before and I
    there and then assured her that the stone would be replaced at my
    cost. The ring was returned and on inspection I have noticed severe
    marks at the base of the shank as though she has been drumming
    against a sharp bar of steel. There is also a similar mark on the
    side of the one claw of the center stone angled up towards where the
    exposed side of where the missing stone would be. My question is.
    Could playing a violin, and the friction from the steel strings
    damage a ring to this extent. would rubbing the string against the
    edge of the bagette be able to make it loose enough to fall out. I
    don't play a musical instrument but think that this may be the cause
    of the damage and the loss of the stone... could someone offer an
    opinion? Many thanks from a freezing, mid winter Johannesburg... 

Warm Regards
Gwen Doran
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