Treated musical instrument strings

An improved metal musical instrument string for a stringed musical instrument produced by the process of providing a metal string for a stringed musical instrument and subjecting said string to thermal cycling between cryogenic and heated temperatures with respect to ambient for a plurality of cycles, without deforming or coating said string during said cycling, effective to increase the strength and durability of said musical instrument string.

A stringed musical instrument comprising at least one metal string having been subjected to thermal cycling between a, cryogenic temperature and a heated temperature for a plurality of cycles without deforming or coating said string during said thermal cycling, said cycling being effective to increase the strength and durability of the string.

A method of assembling a stringed musical instrument for use by providing the instrument and installing at least one metal string functionally thereon, wherein the improvement comprises installing at least one metal string that has been subjected to thermal cycling between cryogenic and heated temperatures for a plurality of cycles, without deforming or coating the string during the cycling, effective to increase the strength and durability of the string.