[pianotech] bass strings installation

[Thomas Cole]

Forgot to mention that my helper flops the loop if I want to go an extra 
1/2 turn. I hate it when the pin gets pounded in upside down ;-) I will 
be trying more extreme twists in the future, though.
Tom Cole

David Love wrote:
> They probably don't.  JD Grandt (who I use) suggests only a 1/2 twist.
> Probably that's just to insure that the string is not twisted in the wrong
> direction by accident.  Since I twist from the pin (not from the loop) I
> tend to give them a full twist otherwise I'd have to pound the pin in upside
> down.  
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Porritt, David
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:35 PM
> To: tcole at cruzio.com; pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation
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> Tom:
>
> I generally don't twist bass strings.  If I install one and it sounds like
> it needs a twist I'll do it, that of course makes an extra step but if I had
> very many that need twisting, I'd contemplate a different string maker.  I
> think well made bass strings shouldn't need twisting.
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Thomas Cole
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:34 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation
>
> Paul
>
> I think there is a difference. One way requires that I pick up a pair of 
> vice grips to apply the twist to the loop end. The pin end already has 
> the tool conveniently attached.
>
> As for the commute, I use slave labor to feed me bass strings.
>
> Question: How important is it to twist bass strings? Does it depend on 
> who made the strings?
>
> Tom Cole
>
> PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:
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>> There are those who put the twist in the pin end, but it makes no 
>> difference--the time is the same.
>>  
>> Paul
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