Bass string winding Tension

[Tony Caught]

Hi Joe,

I think the answer is yes.  Am trying to find out for sure.

You will notice that bass strings on many old pianos still have a lot of
quality tone to them with virtually no twist on the string when you remove
it. the string when removed also hangs with a twist.

Of recent times I have restrung the bass in several Yamaha U1 pianos because
the sound of the strings are going dumpy and twisting only helps for about 2
years.

Thus there must be a reason.

Tony


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Bass string winding Tension


> Hi Tony,
> I think that I see what you are trying to say.
> Question, would one get a straight string if the core wire were not
> straightened? And does the string that is made on a straightened core wire
> hang to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right down under?
> All kidding aside is there a real difference that one can notice?
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com

Tony Caught
Darwin
Australia
caute@optusnet.com.au



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