All the Violin strings I have ever received have been coiled into little paper pouches. I order mine directly. Perhaps the music stores get them in large quanities and uncoil them. Randy Hayno John Musselwhite wrote: > > At 12:08 PM 3/2/99 -0600, Keith wrote: > > >>...Has any piano company ever strung a piano where the strings have > >>never been coiled... > >>-Mike > > > >There was a guitar company that did this years back. Marketed strings, > >which had never been coiled, in plastic containers. It seemed a great > > They were called "Nashville Straights" if I recall. > > >concept. It didn't last. I couldn't discern a difference from their > >wrapped coiled strings of similar type and dimensions. > > I couldn't either... and they were too expensive. > > Violin strings always seem to be shipped straight though. I remember in the > music store we always had tubes filled with them. Would any violin players > like to comment on why? > > John > > John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada > Registered Piano Technician http://www.musselwhite.com > email: john@musselwhite.com
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