John, others, I'll repeat, it DOES make a difference which way you're looking at the string. Prove it to yourself by standing in front of somebody else and moving your finger in a clockwise direction. Ask him what direction you're turning your finger from HIS point of view. Unless his watch turns backwards, (Australian? j/k) he'll see it as counterclockwise - the opposite way that you see it. Lacking another person, you could just point your own finger outward, trace a clockwise circle and then, without changing your circular direction, turn your hand around to point at yourself and your circle is now COUNTER- (or anti-)clockwise from your own point of view. Then I'd still like an answer to my question below, please. John Dorr >At 10:22 -0600 24/4/09, John Dorr wrote: >Re: John Delacour's explanation of string twisting direction: >John, you showed windings like ///// or like \\\\\, and told which direction >to turn from there. But which end, left or right, is the bottom (loop) end? >And I assume that you're meaning to twist at the loop, rather than the pin, >because it DOES make a difference which end you're looking at. >>John Delacour replied: >>It makes no difference. If you twist the pin clockwise when standing in >>front of the piano it is the same as twisting the eye clockwise when you're >>standing at the toe of the piano. >>JD
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