Putting bass strings back on

[David M. Porritt]

Steve:

Is there a possibility that you twisted them the wrong way?  

dave

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On 3/7/2003 at 8:18 PM Steve Borgstrom wrote:

>I repaired a crack in the bass bridge apron on the piano shaped
object 
>I currently own. 1st one ever for me, went ok with a little help
from 
>an RPT friend (my teacher). Was able to do it only removing 8
strings, 
>whooo hooo!
>
>My buddy left, I left the piano on the tilter overnight to dry. Put
the 
>strings back on and remembered seeing somewhere that you are
supposed 
>to twist the bass strings to keep the copper from rattling. I went 1
& 
>1/2 twists on each string and got it back together, put the action
back 
>in and started in tuning.
>
>Got to the three lowest strings I had removed, F#1, G1 and Ab1.
Tried 
>to bring them up to pitch and they sounded awful, muffled, just what
I 
>thought the twisting was supposed to eliminate. Well, I loosened
them, 
>took them off, let them go where they wanted to, metal memory
speaking, 
>and reattached them. Tuned them up and they sounded just like the
other 
>strings around them.
>
>My question is, what is this phenomenon? What causes it and how does

>one know how much if any twist to put in when putting them on the
hitch 
>pins?
>
>Thanks all!
>
>
>Steve Borgstrom
>Brooklyn Park, MN
>
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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