Stringing Scales

[Mark Dierauf]

John W. McKone wrote:
>>Are you saying here that inharmonicity has no effect on the perception of
>>tone?  If so that seems to me to be (sorry, but I can't resist it) a bit of
>>a stretch.

  No, just that a string will sound "worse" with a "wrong" tension than with a
"wrong" inharmonicity. By string I mean the unwound variety. By "worse" I mean
that nasel quality so often heard at the bottom of the tenor bridge, and by
"wrong" I mean dropping below 140 lbs or so.

Vince Mrykalo wrote:
>>You may have covered this before, but who do you have make your bass
>>strings, or do you do them yourself?  I have found that even after I
>>send in exacting specifications and a pattern to Mapes, the strings come
>>back with some modification to winding length.  Even winding
>>thickness may come back differently.

  I have been using Mapes and putting up with the discrepancies between my specs
and their strings. They have changed core sizes on me (inexcusable) and not come
as close to my specs for overall diametersas I would like, but I must say they
always do a fine job at getting the winding lengths correct. I send them the
pre-stretched winding lengths without a pattern. My new software will work
directly with actual copper sizes stocked by Mapes, so I'm hoping to minimize
the OD differences in the future.

			Mark Dierauf
			Concord, NH