Piano wire tensile strength

[Carl Meyer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@comcast.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 5:04 AM
Subject: Piano wire tensile strength


> Perhaps there was a miscommunication or misunderstanding somewhere
> along the way. 3-4 twist may be a typo for 3/4 twist or a verbal faux pas.
>
> Even 2 complete twists in a bass string make it difficult to maneuver the 
> pin,
> let alone try to get it on the hitch pin the first time and I would only 
> apply 2
> twists to the longest of strings. More twists would add too much torsion 
> to the
> wire making it nearly unmanageable and I would think, more prone to 
> breakage.
>
> Lo the many bass string removals...nary a one with more than one twist.

But there are some that have reverse twists.

Carl Meyer PTG assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.


> Just my twisted opinion.






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