Bass string making (was Hex Roslau wire?)

[Tony Caught]

Hey Richard,

I am sure I was told that it takes longer (in time) to settle the stretch in
bass strings with a hexcore centre than with the normal round wire.
Possibly because the wire is heated before the last draw on round wire to
make it hex.

I think that is what I heard so it must be true.

Tony Caught ICPTG
Australia
caute@optusnet.com.au

> Hex strings are supposed to have lower and less erractic inharmonicity. I
> have
> not checked this with my handy dandy inharmonicity analyser. But I have
> heard
> this so often now I see no reason to doubt it. Just how much lower the
> inharmonicity is I have no idea.
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
>