<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Paul,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I've wrestled my brain around this statement, but I = lose every time... :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Are you saying that any half turn (180 degrees) = causes some effect at the bridge that any whole turn (360) will not = cause?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV (but soon to be Boston, MA: NBSS class = of '06)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <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> Saturday, June 25, 2005 = 11:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano wire tensile = strength</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT = face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10" BACK="#ffffff">One thing I do = know is that it is positively not necessary to twist bass strings more than 1 full = turn to give them maximum stability (tight coils). Any half turn is going to = bend the wire back on itself at the bridge pins and cause problems down the = line. <BR><BR>Paul R-J</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>