Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: > >I was told once that the way a string is coiled around a pin has no effect on > the tuning stability of that string. This does NOT include a loose becket, or > untight coil. I am talking about wires that cross over each other. Anideas on > this? > > The other aspect of this post is the coils against the plate. Again, it is > not a good way to do it, but what is the effect of a coil down on a the plate? > > Wim 1. Any wire which crosses over itself describes a non-circular course around the pin, which results in differential torque depending upon the orientation of the pin. It's like having an ovoid rather than a cylindrical pin, which causes the pin to orient itself at the point of least torque. It thus has a preferred position and tends to slip to that position from whatever position you try to set. 2. A wire which rides on top of other wire in effect creates a tuning pin bigger than any on the market - a size 8 or 9. One result is that more string gets moved for the same amount of pin rotation - i.e. reduced tunability. Another result is excessive torque because of the bigger radius. 3. Wire coils wound around a tuning pin are a less secure surface than the pin itself, both because they are moveable and because they are an irregular surface. The result is instability. Paul S. Larudee, RPT Richmond, CA
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