[pianotech] bass strings installation / coil direction

[Ron Nossaman]

JimWilsonian at aol.com wrote:

> SO... I humbly ask my colleagues -- short of lugging around your handy 
> electron microscope, as was needed in this case -- do you have any 
> tricks for determining coil direction?  Is there a different method to 
> each manufacturers madness?  (In this case, it was Mapes.)
> 
> Thanks, ya'll,
> Jim Wilson

Being very nearsighted, it hasn't been a problem for me. 
Everything else is, but not looking at tiny things up close. 
Otherwise, carry a loupe in your case (or a 12 year old).
Ron N