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The invention of wound strings, such as nylon covered in wound metal, was a crucial step in string instrument technology, because a metal-wound string can produce a lower pitch than a catgut string of similar thickness. This enabled stringed instruments to be made with less thick bass strings. On string instruments that the player plucks or bows directly (e.g., [[double bass]]), this enabled instrument makers to use thinner strings for the lowest-pitched strings, which made the lower-pitch strings easier to play. On stringed instruments in which the player presses a [[keyboard (music)|keyboard]], causing a mechanism to strike the strings, such as a [[piano]], this enabled piano builders to use shorter, thicker strings to produce the lowest-pitched bass notes, enabling the building of smaller [[upright piano]]s designed for small rooms and practice rooms.
=== Tennis strings ===
{{Main|Strings (tennis)}}
In tennis, the strings are the part of a tennis racquet which make contact with the ball. The strings form a woven network inside the head (or "hoop") of the racquet. Strings have been made with a variety of materials and possess varying properties that have been measured, such as dynamic stiffness, tension retention, thickness (gauge), string texture (shape of the string), and rebound efficiency.<ref name="racquetsportsindustry.com">[http://www.racquetsportsindustry.com/articles/2010/01/string_selector_2010.html String Selector 2010, Racquet Sports Industry Magazine]</ref>
== Further uses and applications ==
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