[pianotech] bass twisting direction

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Apr 24 17:26:18 PDT 2009


John Dorr wrote:

> I'll repeat, it DOES make a difference which way you're looking at the 
> string.

Let's try this. Maybe we can kill this thing once and for all.

A length of threaded rod (helix) doesn't change from right 
hand thread to left hand thread because you swapped ends. The 
wrap (helix) on a piano string won't either.

Standing by... 3... 2... 1...
Ron N



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