String changing and tuning

[Carey]

Originally Posted by Bowie

I used to stretch them until I discovered it was creating stress points and was not good for the health of the top either so I just tune them as needed.

That's been my experience, too. Strings also seem to play in better tune when
not previously stretched hard, and the time difference to decently holding pitch (esp trebles) is not large, IME.

[Noto]

Originally Posted by Carey

That's been my experience, too. Strings also seem to play in better tune when
not stretched hard, and the time difference to decently holding pitch (esp trebles) is not large, IME.

I agree and often when you tune or stretch a string sharp, they seem to go sharp a lot.