<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I'm in the process of constructing a simple electric harp. In all a very simple project with one exception: it requires a foot-long pickup with custom magnet spacing. Not difficult to make but tedious as all hell to wind. So what I'm wondering is how necessary it is that the wire go around the magnets in the traditional direction<BR>
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as opposed to wrapping around the magnet lengthwise. In other words, will the pickup work (and if so, how well) if the wire were wrapped around the foot-long bobbin such that the smallest diameter were made, rather than the largest. And if that works, will it be better to have it come back over and cover itself again and a third time? Wrapping front to back, then back to front, then front to back again?<BR>
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-eric, apologizing for how hard it was to phrase this question</FONT></HTML>