Newton & Jim, You guys have overlooked the obvious. Everybody 'down under' simply turns the piano up on its lid and works through from the bottom. What other reason did you think that put bottom doors on pianos? This way we see the piano insides the same way you do and don't get any more confused than we are already. Regards, John Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:24:53 -0400 From: harvey <harvey@greenwood.net> Subject: Re: Twisting new bass strings Interesting point, Newt. I'll play along. Let's add bass string twisting to: water draining in the opposite direction; walking around upside down; and driving on the wrong side of the road. So you're saying twist the strings in a direction best suited to the 'down-under' location. What happens with Schaff, whose wrap direction counters the rest of the industry? Or Yamaha, who pre-loads (tweaks, torques?) their wrap against the core by wrapping back at the winding termination? Then, after impact, as strings start to settle and rotate (for us) counter-clockwise to the earth's rotation, will this negate the reverse twist, or should we stick with Plan 'A' to be doubly sure? I just managed to confuse myself, so it's obvious I wouldn't understand any answers to this either! At 09:42 AM 6/19/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi John, >Twist them strings. Question is which way? Corealis effects being what they are do you tist them the other way because of where you live? Jim Harvey, RPT harvey@greenwood.net Email: Woodroj@syvax.email.dupont.com Telephone: 61-2-99236103 Fax: 61-2-99236099
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