Hi Joel, >I am pretty new to this cyberspace stuff and have, as my first internet >act joined the Pianotech List. It is very impressive how knowledgeable, >helpful and polite everyone is; no sarcasm or impatience. I look >forward to my second day of Pianotech List {;> Glad to see you finally "took the plunge". Welcome to the list. Just wait. It isn't *always* this harmonious, although it is usually very civil. :-) >But seriously folks, Avery Todd brought up a subject about which I have >some interest and perhaps I could shed some light. > >Avery Todd wrote on 9/7: >> >> 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? > >Actually, the writer could mean both, since, when installing the bass >strings, we look at the way the copper is wound onto the core and twist >in that direction. Anyway, the direction of the copper is dependent on >whether the spinner puts the copper on from left to right or vice >versa. Another variable is whether the spinner feeds the copper going >over or under the core during spinning. I know quite a few master piano >builders and no one has ever mentioned anything like this. >I can't really understand the hemisphere reasoning. After all, pianos >made in the northern hemisphere (USA, Germany, for example) fare just >fine - all other things being equal - when they live in the southern >hemisphere. Has anyone heard any different? > >Regards to all -- Joel I can't find the post but someone wrote back and suggested that the original writer was pulling our leg, although with a lot of class. :-) Maybe that *is* the explanation for the hemisphere comment. Avery _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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