Fw: tubby bass string "invigoration"

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In a message dated 11/3/03 3:43:47 PM, michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk writes:


> you loosen the first one off, remove it from the hitch, wrap it one turn=20
> round a beer bottle (a good=A0idea to empty it first in an appropriate man=
ner)=20
> then, holding the loosened hitch end in one hand and the neck of the (by n=
ow=20
> empty) beer bottle in the other, gently roll the bottle up and down the wr=
apped=20
> string. This loosens up the=A0interstices of the windings and the=20
> string=A0becomes more supple than it was. You then put the=A0loop back on=20=
the hitch pin (not=20
> forgetting first to wind the string a bit - maybe a turn or so - in order=20=
to=20
> tighten the wrapping)
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And... the piano is remarkably re-invigorated in the bass.<<


>From what I've been told, please jump in on this subject, this=20
"re-invigoration" of bass strings is not permanent.   The only set I've ever=
 done this to=20
(although I didn't use a beer bottle...) still sounds better than it did=20
originally, (It's been about 3 or 4 years...) but perhaps others can enlight=
en us as=20
to the permanency of this technique?

Tom Sivak

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