Tightening coils on sloppy restringing

[Richard Brekne]

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:

> I am not advocating, or defending a sloppy stringing job, but here's
> something I want to throw out of disucssion.
>
> 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

String Breakage is the number one issue here.