<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Paul,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My recollection is that Jim does indeed have a specific reason for his recommendation that is based on a characteristic of his strings. I don't recall what that is though. I just copied your email and I will send him an email right now and ask what that characteristic is.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll let you know when I hear back.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">PAULREVENKOJONES</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 03, 2007 6:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New bass strings, some dead</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Terry and John:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm curious why it is so important to string makers that they each and every one over time has said that their particular strings don't need a twist in them, when in fact in each and every case in my experience, a single full twist has improved the sound of the string from it's untwisted condition. Actually, I don't wonder at all, of course. James Arledge, Danny at GC, and a few others, are really terrific scale guys and high-end, consistent string makers. What's the big deal with a twist? It only makes sense to me to do so unless there is a provable reason not to. What would that be? Does James read this list? Could he chime in here? Do you guys know?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 08/03/07 17:17:32 Central Daylight Time, formsma@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css>.aolmailheader { FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } A.aolmailheader:link { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:visited { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: magenta; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:active { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:hover { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } </STYLE> This is correct. He mentioned this in his class at KC this year. <BR><BR>JF <BR><BR>On 8/3/07, Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> If I'm not mistaken, Arledge suggests that no twist should be put on his <BR>> bass strings. <BR>> <BR>> Terry Farrell <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>