[pianotech] bass twisting direction

[Dean May]

I think you are still missing it John. Think of it like this: If you are
turning the string clockwise, your friend holding the other end will see you
turning counterclockwise, but the reaction in his hand forces him to apply
pressure in the clockwise (his orientation) direction to keep it from
turning. You are both apply clockwise pressure from your respective
orientations. 

Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Dorr
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:40 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass twisting direction

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