As long as we're on this subject, I'd love to hear from ya'll on this one: When replacing bass strings in the field and putting that final twist in the string, I've always relied on my Clark Kent vision to look at the end of the winding to reveal which direction the copper winding is going. ... Last week, I replaced an uber-fine bass string on a CP-70 and it's winding direction wasn't immediately obvious. I put on reading glasses, still questionable. I got a magnifying glass and after a couple of minutes finally determined the direction. It was NOT, as it happens, the same direction as the original strings on this beast. SO... I humbly ask my colleagues -- short of lugging around your handy electron microscope, as was needed in this case -- do you have any tricks for determining coil direction? Is there a different method to each manufacturers madness? (In this case, it was Mapes.) Thanks, ya'll, Jim Wilson ************** Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090423/65c539c1/attachment.html>
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