Hi All Storing bass strings in pvc pipe sound like a great idea to me. But I wanted to mention some things about bass strings and how they are made, at least as far as I know. The core wire is run through rollers to straighten it before they put an eye on one end and then put it in the winding machine and wrap the core wire with copper. That is why bass strings hang well but have to be forced into a coil such as when they are mailed in a box. There is one exception. Ari Isaac makes bass strings without straight core wire. His strings when done will not hang straight. They curl up just as you would expect plain wire to do. He does this because in his judgement they sound better. I think as far as storage goes for a short period of time it may not matter to the strings whether they are coiled in a box or hung. I think clean is important. Convenience is too. I would vote for the pvc pipe thing. However Ari Isaac bass strings are another thing and might not go into a pvc pipe. Phil Sloffer Indiana University psloffer@ucs.indiana.edu
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