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with amplitude is difficult (this is a sensitive test). I made some Hooke
springs once by winding brass wire on a conical mandrel when I was in
grad school. I can't recall why that works, but the extension of a
helical spring involves torsion in the wire of which it is made, and that
is at the heart of the explanation as I recall.