i don't follow the logic of dirt in the windings as
principal cause of dead strings. if this were so all
you'd have to do is relax the tension and clean the
pegs to return strings to their original brilliance.
if you bend or vibrate anything repeatedly - strings
included - or keep it under tension, subject it to
temperature change, rub your finger over it, etc., it
will begin to show signs of fatigue - i.e.;, miniscule
fractures - which will diminish its intended function.
a taught, compact (dense) string vibrating over a
sound hole will have more brightness than one frayed
and riddled in fractures. no?
pertinent (possibly) house-hold tip:
.. ready? ...
my mother used to put her new nylon stockings in the
freezer over night to keep them from running.
(be kind)
- bill
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> Herbert, etc.
>
>
> OK, why do violin strings go false? I don't
> hear
> bowed string players complaining about lack of
> brilliance, (maybe they do) but they do complain
> that
> old strings won't play in tune. (This is a problem
> I
> had whether the strings were new or not:-))
>
>
> Chris Wilke
>
> --- Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > After thinking all night, I believe/guess that
> > deadness
> > in strings is primarily caused by dirt in the
> > windings which dissipates the vibrational energy,
> > as sand dissipates your tranlational energy
> > when you ride a bicycle on a beach. I think
> > that this dissipation preferentially attacks
> > the upper harmonics, causing the characteristic
> > lack of brilliance.
> >
> >
> >
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