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<DIV><FONT size=2>No, it's not the bridge. I've spent a good =
deal of time
reconstituting it (as it were), repinned, renotched, bearing reset, =
secured,
etc.. Without twisting the strings, they sound totally dead, when =
the
strings are twisted they do come up and have quite a decent =
sound.
Other strings I've used don't require it and sound good straight =
on.
A bit of a mystery to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@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> January 29, 2002 9:30 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Twisting bass =
strings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
1/29/02 10:11:16 AM Central Standard Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Wim:</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">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? </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">David Love</FONT><FONT lang=0 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>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. :) <BR><BR>Wim</FONT>
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