Not wanting to take chances, I usually de-tune all of the strings gradually, going around the loop a few times until they're all loose, then unstring them all at once. As someone said earlier, it makes cleaning the axe a lot easier. Likewise, when re-stringing, I go around gradually, bringing them up close to their final tune. Finally, I manually "stretch" each string sideways a quarter inch or so several times before final rounds of tuning, which brings them fairly close to where they'll end up. This works well on my Peavy and Samick electrics and on my Washburn acoustic, but don't know how a classical would react.
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