[Jewelry making - Article 00252] - Re: [Orchid] Do violin strings damage rings?

[Alma Rands]

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    Gwen, I checked with my daughter who is a concert violinist. She was
    really puzzled, and could not see how playing the violin would
    damage a ring. 

    In the first place, the stones are at the top of the ring and away
    from the strings. Also, if the ring slid around so that it was
    hitting the strings, the violinist would notice this right away as it
    would affect the playing. 

    Most violinists remove their rings so as to have complete freedom of
    the left hand which does all the fancy work on the violin. 

    My daughter doubted very much that the violin is the problem. There
    would never be an friction of any sort. 

    It seems to me that you client was doing some kind of work---maybe
    even gardening or working with sharp tools and that caused the
    damage to the ring It seems that she is the one who is completely at
    fault, expecially as you can see the damage that was done to the
    ring. The falling out of the stone was not caused by you, or any
    weakness in the ring itself. It sounds like sheer carelessness. 

Alma Rands
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