[pianotech] bass strings installation

[Delwin D Fandrich]

>From experience I can tell you it's generally a good idea to twist them anyway.
 
ddf


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
John Formsma
Sent: April 24, 2009 12:32 PM
To: tcole at cruzio.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation




On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com> wrote:


Thanks, Dave. The last few sets (from Arledge) I put in untwisted, with almost
no problem. Actually, if I need to "untwist" a string a little to get it
installed, I'll "twist" it to the next 1/2 turn to be safe.

Otherwise, twisting just seems like a remedial thing. But after Paul's reply to
my post, I guess I need to experiment more to see for myself what the difference
is.




I took one of Arledge's classes. He mentioned that twisting is not necessary
with his strings. That was 2-3 years ago. I'm assuming this is still true.  

If memory serves, it's because the core wire doesn't get twisted like it does
with other string makers.

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JF


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