Piano wire tensile strength

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Hi Paul
    The strings I'm referring to that required what I would  call excessive 
twisting (2-3 turns ) had problems from the get go /  manufacturing. An they 
did develop false beats after a season  or less even though they sounded good 
initially after twisted too much.  IMO
   Paul


my experiece with this much twisting always ends up in false  beats. I only 
do this when I have a particularly dead string the won't sing  at 1 or 2 twist 
&stretched for a week or two. Then in desperation  &nother twist or so. If it 
comes up great but later I find them  false.

     Dale



Dale (and Del):

One thing I  do know is that it is positively not necessary to twist bass 
strings more than  1 full turn to give them maximum stability (tight coils). Any 
half turn is  going to bend the wire back on itself at the bridge pins and 
cause problems  down the line. I also think that what Del reported and what I 
have heard about  factory work is just that: factory work--a little is good, so 
more is better.  

Paul R-J 

 

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