[pianotech] Tenor bass strings

[Paul McCloud]

Lim:
	I can't tell you what the technical reasons are, but I once attended a
string class at a convention where it was explained.  It makes them sound
better with the added mass at the end of the winding.  I'll leave the real
explanation to someone else who knows what they are talking about.  Lower
inharmonicity?  Not sure.  I believe the class instructor was Paul Jansen,
Sr.  I remember asking how he came to add that feature.  His answer was
sort of, it just made sense to do it.  I guess that's what goes on in the
mind of a genius.  I ain't one.
	Or, maybe it's just a way to make sure the end of the wire doesn't
unravel.  
	Paul McCloud
	San Diego


> [Original Message]
> From: <limhseng at gmail.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 09/11/2010 5:47:49 AM
> Subject: [pianotech] Tenor bass strings
>
> Hi
> Why do they 'squeezed' these tenor bass strings at the start of winding?
>
> Lim
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