Anyone remember my nifty thingy I made to hang bass strings on? (It was made by flipping upside down an upright let-off rail and hanging each string on it's respective/numbered let-off eye hook.) Sure made retrieval easy and at a glance, which strings you need to order. Surely this could be kept in some containier where the humidity is regulated well. Sorry I don't have a picture, but it was is the Journal a coupla years back. :) On May 12, 2006, at 7:16 AM, A440A at aol.com wrote: > > << Particularly we want to have a spare for each of the wound > strings on > an S&S D (particularly mono and bi chords). It is my understanding > that wound strings are wound under tension and that if they aren't > shortly returned to and kept under some tension will degrade to some > extent >> > > Greetings, > My logic and experience are both different. I have kept a set > of these > strings, unused, in a sealed PVC tube for the last 18 years at the > school. > Last year I needed one and upon installation, it looked and > sounded like a > brand new string. Carbon steel doesn't deteriorate unless it is > stressed beyond > its elastic limit, or subjected to corrosive influences. The > copper , I > think, does all of its resolution of stress instantly, since it is > so malleable. > When the string maker takes it off the winding machine, it suffers > all the > deformation it is going to. > My suggestion is to simply put the strings in a straight, > airtight, > container and don't worry about it. > Regards, > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html >
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