String makers can calculate stretch so just tell them what you want in terms of the unwrapped portion when at tension. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mike Spalding Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:13 AM To: Pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Strings made to measure List, I'm still trying to build a relationship with a string maker (any stringmaker) such that they will understand what I'm trying to order, and will reliably produce usable strings. Latest issue: string length as wound vs. string length at pitch. When you order strings to a set of measurements, do you shorten the specified length by an amount of stretch/loop crush that you estimate, or do you rely on the stringmaker to estimate the length change and make the strings shorter than you specify? How do you communicate this with your stringmaker? Stories of successful relationships with specific stringmakers much appreciated! thanks Mike
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