Sounds silly to me (but just in a "common sense" manner). More likely any amount of twisting is for the purpose of keeping the winding from loosening from the core. Dave Sanderson roughens the surface of the core wire (hacksaw blade run against the wire), and flattens it slightly (hammer & anvil) where the winding ends will be. He prescribes no twisting at all for his bass strings. Patrick Draine On Jun 25, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > I just read something in an old report I've been looking at that > strikes me as > odd. Basically it says that piano builders put as many as three or > four twists > in bass strings to increase the tensile strength of the core wire. > > Does this ring any bells? Does anyone know of a piano manufacturer > doing this > (twisting bass strings this much)? Is anyone out there metallurgist > enough to > know if there is any validity to this claim?
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