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<DIV><FONT size=2>I get it! Thanks. I haven't run into =
wound strings
yet that have acquired a set at the bridge. This makes sense,
now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com
href="mailto:PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com">PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 26, 2005 =
9:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano wire tensile =
strength</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">In a message dated 6/26/2005 =
3:23:53 PM Central
Standard Time, <A
=
href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">741662027@theshusters.org</A>
writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Are you saying that any half turn (180 degrees) causes =
some
effect at the bridge that any whole turn (360) will not =
cause?</FONT><FONT
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10" BACK="#d8d0c8"><BR>After the =
string is on the
piano for any period of time so that the "bend" in the wire around the =
bridge
pins has "set" (for lack of better language), if you were to give the =
wire a
half turn only, it would bend the wire against itself. Does that help, =
or did
I make it worse?<BR><BR>P R-J</FONT> =
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