Why does new string pitch drop slowly? (if not stretching)

[kurt baxter]

It would seem that many of us agree that new strings do not continue to
slowly stretch over weeks and months,
and that the drastic pitch drop that we see must come from crushing of wood,
settling of bends, and tightening
of becket and coils....

But this begs the question: Why does THAT happen slowly?

It's a brute fact the a new string DOES drop in pitch, and it DOES get there
via slow creeping over hours and days.
Where is this time-release pitch drop coming from? How can a coil slowly
settle? Isn't this claiming the same
thing you just rejected? (creeping change in metal under load)

Why does wood slowly crush rather that all at once?




[kurt]
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