<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  </DIV> <DIV>  Paul</DIV> <DIV>   my experiece with this much twisting always ends up in fal= se beats. I only do this when I have a particularly dead string the w= on't sing at 1 or 2 twist & stretched for a week or two. Then in desperation & nother twist or so. If it comes up great but later I find them false.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Another head scratcher.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>Del:<BR><BR>I've talked with only one older factory stringer = (he's unfortunately dead now so confirmation isn't possible) who claimed that he= put 3-4 twists in bass strings only to tighten the coils on the wire to avoid buzzing as the core stretched. Of course the tension on the coils will rel= ease slightly as well, but I can't figure how tensile strength (either overall = or in the components --copper or steel) would be increased by twisting which shortens the wire and would cause the need for slightly lower tensions to account for the difference for pitch. Or do I have that backwards? The ductility of copper doesn't argue logically for higher tensile strength ex= cept for the stiffening that results from stretching a wire as in lead in stain= ed glass windows which visibly stiffens when stretched; but that is not for tensile strength, more for shearing strength. The same observation would h= old for steel as well?<BR><BR>Paul R-J</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>