<HTML>In a message dated 1/29/02 10:11:16 AM Central Standard Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim: Let me be more specific.  The sets of Sanderson strings that I have used seem to require no twisting (in fact they don't suggest doing it).  A set of GC strings I put on recently required two full twists in the tenor (tenor bridge) before coming to life.  Why is that?  Does that say anything as to the method of wrapping the string?   David Love </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't know what GC string are, but I wonder, with you having to twist only the tenor bridge strings to get them to come to life, I wonder if it might be the bridge. Again, let's look at the lost energy thing. I wonder if by putting the extra twists in the strings, you are also adding more sideways and downward pressure on the bridge. If the bridge is loose, then perhaps that added pressure is enough to tighten the bridge on the soundboard, reducing the energy lost between them.  Just guessing. :) Wim</HTML>