Putting bass strings back on

[gordon stelter]

Just 1/2 twist, I think.
     T
--- Steve Borgstrom <orchman@attbi.com> wrote:
> I repaired a crack in the bass bridge apron on the
> piano shaped object 
> I currently own. 1st one ever for me, went ok with a
> little help from 
> an RPT friend (my teacher). Was able to do it only
> removing 8 strings, 
> whooo hooo!
> 
> My buddy left, I left the piano on the tilter
> overnight to dry. Put the 
> strings back on and remembered seeing somewhere that
> you are supposed 
> to twist the bass strings to keep the copper from
> rattling. I went 1 & 
> 1/2 twists on each string and got it back together,
> put the action back 
> in and started in tuning.
> 
> Got to the three lowest strings I had removed, F#1,
> G1 and Ab1. Tried 
> to bring them up to pitch and they sounded awful,
> muffled, just what I 
> thought the twisting was supposed to eliminate.
> Well, I loosened them, 
> took them off, let them go where they wanted to,
> metal memory speaking, 
> and reattached them. Tuned them up and they sounded
> just like the other 
> strings around them.
> 
> My question is, what is this phenomenon? What causes
> it and how does 
> one know how much if any twist to put in when
> putting them on the hitch 
> pins?
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> 
> Steve Borgstrom
> Brooklyn Park, MN
> 
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