<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian, turn in the direction of the = second winding; that is, following the direction of the thicker wrap. IMHO good = strings need little or no twisting, and I never give more than one full twist.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Stephen Powell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Auckland,NZ</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>Brian Holden <<A = href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A>><BR><B>To: </B>Pianotech Forum <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Wednesday, 27 October 1999 09:15 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Fitting = Bass Strings<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>When fitting wound strings, they = are turned a couple of times in the direction of the copper winding before = hooking the loop over the hitchpin.  Which way do you turn the double wound = ones where the windings are in both directions?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian <A = href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A></FONT></DIV></B= LOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>