Piano wire tensile strength

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jon Page
| Sent: June 26, 2005 5:05 AM
| To: pianotech@ptg.org
| Subject: Piano wire tensile strength
| 
| Perhaps there was a miscommunication or misunderstanding 
| somewhere along the way. 3-4 twist may be a typo for 3/4 
| twist or a verbal faux pas.
| 
| Even 2 complete twists in a bass string make it difficult to 
| maneuver the pin, let alone try to get it on the hitch pin 
| the first time and I would only apply 2 twists to the longest 
| of strings. More twists would add too much torsion to the 
| wire making it nearly unmanageable and I would think, more 
| prone to breakage.
| 
| Lo the many bass string removals...nary a one with more than 
| one twist.
| 
| Just my twisted opinion.
| 
| Regards,
| 
| Jon Page
| _______________________________________________

I really think the writer meant three to four full twists. 

Most factory stringers hook up the hitch pin first. The twisting is done at the
tuning pin end. At least they did when this report was written.

What you find in bass strings you're removing is not a good indicator of what
was there to begin with. Some of the original dissipates over time.

Del