<< Particularly we want to have a spare for each of the wound strings on an S&S D (particularly mono and bi chords). It is my understanding that wound strings are wound under tension and that if they aren't shortly returned to and kept under some tension will degrade to some extent >> Greetings, My logic and experience are both different. I have kept a set of these strings, unused, in a sealed PVC tube for the last 18 years at the school. Last year I needed one and upon installation, it looked and sounded like a brand new string. Carbon steel doesn't deteriorate unless it is stressed beyond its elastic limit, or subjected to corrosive influences. The copper , I think, does all of its resolution of stress instantly, since it is so malleable. When the string maker takes it off the winding machine, it suffers all the deformation it is going to. My suggestion is to simply put the strings in a straight, airtight, container and don't worry about it. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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