Coiled vs. straight... let's see. We all know that piano wire retains it's spool curl even after being in a piano for years. The core wire would certainly have this characteristic, but the windings are applied while the string is taut and straight in the winding machine. Strings which are not coiled after winding will exhibit less tendency to curl and therefore should be less suspect to false beats/ loose windings which can occur after the *winding* has taken a 'set' from being tightly coiled. -- Conrad Hoffsommer Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will Luther College make you sweat a lot.-Haitian proverb hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
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