Hello MMD, Can anyone define a "bass string twist?"  Is it a half turn
or a complete turn?  I have installed a new set of bass strings in my
Duo-Art baby grand.  I searched all over the 'Net, looking for info on
twisting bass strings.  Some say two twists are not enough, three is
optimum, some say more.  One even said _do not twist!_  They don't say
it's for a 5-foot baby grand or a 10-foot concert grand.

String C4 had a buzz after two turns, after three turns it still
buzzed.  Three and one-half turns sounded like a water pipe so
I backed off one twist and was bringing it up to pitch when "plick",
it broke.  Now I have to wait another two or three months for a new
string.

The old C4 did not buzz.  Has anyone had problems with new bass strings
that buzz?

John Taber
East Hartford, Connecticut