Which way to twist bass strings

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In a message dated Tue, 21 May 2002  7:16:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Scott & Jason Jackson" <jurjens@tpg.com.au> writes:

>Well that's just stupid! You can't win! Twist one way, you loosen the
>winding; twist the other way and you loosen the loop!
>
>Scott Jackson
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: PIANO2NR@AOL.COM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 4:34
>Subject: Re: Which way to twist bass strings
>
>
>In a message dated 5/21/2002 1:48:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>remoody@midstatesd.net writes:
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>Twist it in the direction that will
>tighten the loop.  It is instantly visible which way to turn
>by looking how the loop twisted.  You do NOT want to twist
>so the loop will unwind.
>
>
>Not So!!  Schaff bass strings hitch pin loops are twisted clockwise.  Mapes
>are counter clockwise.  Windings from both string makers are counter
>clockwise.
>
>Randy Mangus,RPT

It would take a considerable amount of twists to loosen the loop, One turn will not!!  In thirty years of rebuilding I have never had that problem.
David Koelzer
DFW