I'd always heard/thought that twisting was to prevent buzzing from windings coming loose. But what do I know? :-) Avery At 04:45 PM 6/25/05, you wrote: >Hi Del, > >If this is actually works, I doubt that it has >anything to do with metallurgy. The only thing that I >can think of is that a twisted wire has some force >vectors that are not aligned with the axis of the >wire. This may reduce the axial component of the >tension. In essence, you would get up to the required >pitch with a smaller axial force vector, so it would >appear that the wire can be stretched further before >it breaks. Plausible??? > >Best regards, > >Vladan > > > >__________________________________ >Discover Yahoo! >Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! >http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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