Well, I guess that when the diameter gets lesser the density grows - not much "materia" is lost - well some of course by your fingers wearing out the string. But getting thinner is compensated by getting denser. Just a quick thought... Comments by specialists of physics? :-)
Arto On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:06:21 -0600 (CST), Herbert Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > One might expect that, during the period when new > strings are stretching, the thinner strings, having > less material* than the thicker strings, but > the same tension to support, would stretch faster. > > However, this expectation is not born out by my experience. > In dealing with new strings, my perception has been that > all the strings are about equal in terms of tuning > instability. > > * ie, a smaller cross-sectional area > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
