Twisting new bass strings

[Dmsaerts@aol.com]

You wrote:  
>The string maker that I get my bass strings from always includes a little
note 
>indicating to give the strings a twist when installing, I am interested in
the list's
>opinion on this matter.

My opinion: Your string maker is absolutely right!
 
>The thrust of both of these articles is that there is no need to put 
>any twist at the hitch pin when installing new bass strings.  In fact 
>twisting a new string proved detrimental in the case of Terry's article.

My opinion: The article is wrong!
But the best way to find out is to do the experiment yourself. 

Cyrillus Aerts IPT, ATG, at UNT