Fitting Bass Strings

[Avery Todd]

At 09:51 PM 10/27/99 +1300, you wrote:
>Brian, turn in the direction of the second winding; that is, following the
>direction of the thicker wrap. IMHO good strings need little or no twisting,
>and I never give more than one full twist.

    Especially on double wound strings.

Avery

>Stephen Powell
>Auckland,NZ
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Brian Holden <<mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz>bholden@wave.co.nz>
>>To: Pianotech Forum <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org>
>>Date: Wednesday, 27 October 1999 09:15 PM
>>Subject: Fitting Bass Strings
>>
>>When fitting wound strings, they are turned a couple of times in the 
>>direction of the copper winding before hooking the loop over the 
>>hitchpin.  Which way do you turn the double wound ones where the windings 
>>are in both directions?
>>
>>Brian <mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz>bholden@wave.co.nz