Bass Strings

[Avery Todd]

List,
   Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever heard this before? I haven't. Does
he mean the copper wrapping or the twist put in when installed?

>Just look inside your piano at the bass strings.
>In the northern Hemisphere the strings coil counter-clockwise. In the
>souther hemisphere they coil them clock-wise. This prevents the very pesky
>and unwanted torque that tends to put non-major brand name pianos out of
>temporment in the low registers during play (no names mentioned). This is a
>well kept secret of piano master-builders for centuries. Litte know, but well
>respected.

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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713-743-3226
atodd@uh.edu
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