Avery Todd wrote: > > List, > Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever heard this before? I haven't. Does > he mean the copper wrapping or the twist put in when installed? > > >Just look inside your piano at the bass strings. > >In the northern Hemisphere the strings coil counter-clockwise. In the > >souther hemisphere they coil them clock-wise. This prevents the very pesky > >and unwanted torque that tends to put non-major brand name pianos out of > >temporment in the low registers during play (no names mentioned). This is a > >well kept secret of piano master-builders for centuries. Litte know, but well > >respected. > > _____________________________________ > Avery Todd, RPT > Moores School of Music > University of Houston > Houston, TX 77204-4893 > 713-743-3226 > atodd@uh.edu > _____________________________________ Avery, People say the whirlpool in the toilet bowl changes with the hemisphere, but I can't imagine a manufacturer doing this to wound strings. Paul Stephens
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