Originally Posted by: ChromeBeast... but I was thinking that there must be something more scientific or practical to measure the how much string is needed to wind around the posts the best number...

[font=trebuchet ms]Well, more scientific may not be more practical! :)

If you divide the distance from the lower edge of the hole in the tuning peg post to bottom of the post by the diameter of the string, you will get an approximate value for the maximum number of turns. Of course, this gets invalidated by the reduction of the string diameter under tension, and more than 5 turns is likely to store slippage that will cause tuning problems.

Multiplying the tuning peg diameter by [/font][font=lucida handwriting]Pi[/font][font=trebuchet ms] (3,1416) will tell you how much string length to allow for each turn, but again, that result doesn't take into account the string stretching under tension. And if your tuning peg posts are 'scooped' (not straight-sided), you have different peg diameters at different heights!


My advice is to note how much string is on the peg when you remove an old set. Then use that as a guidline when you install the new set. Eventually, you will know exactly how much of each string to wind on.

... At least until you try out a different brand, or a different gauge![/font] :)