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All the Violin strings I have ever received have been coiled into little
paper pouches.  I order mine directly. Perhaps the music stores get them
in large quanities and uncoil them.
Randy Hayno
John Musselwhite wrote:
> 
> At 12:08 PM 3/2/99 -0600, Keith wrote:
> 
> >>...Has any piano company ever strung a piano where the strings have
> >>never been coiled...
> >>-Mike
> >
> >There was a guitar company that did this years back.  Marketed strings,
> >which had never been coiled, in plastic containers.  It seemed a great
> 
> They were called "Nashville Straights" if I recall.
> 
> >concept.  It didn't last.  I couldn't discern a difference from their
> >wrapped coiled strings of similar type and dimensions.
> 
> I couldn't either... and they were too expensive.
> 
> Violin strings always seem to be shipped straight though. I remember in the
> music store we always had tubes filled with them. Would any violin players
> like to comment on why?
> 
>                 John
> 
> John Musselwhite, RPT -  Calgary, Alberta Canada
> Registered Piano Technician   http://www.musselwhite.com
> email: john@musselwhite.com