> I'm not sure where I heard it, but I thought a twist in a plain-wire > string would bring about ("false") beating. That's one of those things everyone is taught, everyone knows, but no one actually sees happen in a piano. >As you point out it shortens > the length of what is being twisted (one, maybe two string(s) of a > three-string "unison") resulting in a need for higher tension in one, > maybe two string(s) of a three-string "unison". What does that do to the > "unison?" I put "unison" in quotes, 'cuz I'm wondering if they all make > "one sound," i.e. "uni-son". While it may not result in beating, I > would expect that the twisted string(s) would produce a different sound > than untwisted neighbor string(s). If you put four turns on one wire, maybe. With the normal minimal twisting you could realistically expect in installing a string, no. Ron N
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