coils/pins, was sloppy restringing

[Jon Page]

At 12:39 AM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 5/02/1999 8:55:49 PM, Brian wrote:
>
><<"I try to make the
>coils not only straight and tight,....................... and I also try to 
>get the same amount of coil around each tuning pin,">>
>
>Brian;
>  Some of what follows is heresey so lets just say it is my "opinion", OK?
>
> The primary results in stable stringing 'probably' come from the above
three 
>factors. Since a tight becket is required to meet the criteria of a "tight 
>coil" tight beckets are assumed, as are firm pins, for discussion purposes.
> 
> 'An' indicator of a not "best", but not needfully "bad", restringing is 
>where all of the tuning pins are of the exact same height above the plate. 
>Where this condition prevails the coils will, of necessity, be at various 
>heights above the plate starting in the top treble, where they will be the 
>highest, and continuing to the bass section, where they will be the lowest.  
>Coils/pins in this condition do not lend themselves to the most consistent, 
>i.e.,smoothest, tuning end to end.
>
>widths of coils with three tight turns around pin: (aprox)
>size 13-  .08 or 2.5cm 
>size 18- .102 or 3.2cm
>1st Bass .135 or 4cm
>Jim Bryant (FL)

For this reason, my single bass strings would get either:
a longer pin or only two coils to maintain pin depth on the hole while
maintaining
coil height above the plate.




Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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