My first Alredge I didn't twist, then I went back and did. It was better. Just 1/2 to 1 twist. Just gave it that "bite" I needed/wanted. Why wouldn't one give at least a small twist? Does anyone twist more than this? I've gone to 1.5 twists in the past, but usually 1 was good with no real betterment with more than that. I tried 2 on some really old tubby strings, but feared I was doing more harm than good. Fortunately, it worked enough, and nothing broke ;>) I always, always, always explain to the customer that in doing this a string might break at the becket or somewhere....If more than one breaks, I stop and suggest new bass strings. (I'm not a good splicer, and really haven't done much since my exams <G>) But even with a splice, the string will still sound like mud. More advise is a great thing! Paul John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 04/24/2009 02:33 PM Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To tcole at cruzio.com, pianotech at ptg.org cc 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. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090424/74e49771/attachment.html>
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