What a great list! Lot of help in a very short time here; thanks all! I twisted the strings in the direction of the core wire, the way it was wrapped to form the hitch pin loop. As I look now, armed with new knowledge, that is counter to the direction of the copper wrapping. So all of you folks' replies have made sense, especially Brian's which is quoted below! But the larger question remains, is there any consensus as to what is physically happening in the string when it sounds so awful? Or is it one of those things that we all know happens, but we don't know how or why? Thanks again list-friends! Steve PS Brian, did you ever attend elementary school in Little Falls, MN, in the middle to late 60's? There was a Brian Trout who moved in for a time, would be wild if you were he! <grin> Please reply off list, thanks! On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 09:32 PM, Brian Trout wrote: > A good way to remember which way to turn the bass string... > Find the end of the wire (the wrap, that is). It's not usually that > difficult to find, especially on the larger bass strings. Imagine > that end having an arrow with the tip of the arrow being the tip of > the wire. Turn in the direction that the arrow (wire tip) is pointed. > > As one or two other posts mentioned, how much to twist (or whether to > twist at all is open to much discussion and may have something to do > with how they were originally made. Some manufacturers recommend > twisting, some do not. (If I recall correctly, Mr. Sanderson makes > bass strings that really don't need much of a twist at all.) > > Just a thought or two. > > Best of luck, > > Brian T. >> >> 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!
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