stainless steel treble wire

[S. Brady]

I suspect that you'd have some problems with breakage if you strung a
whole modern piano in this wire, but I've never tried it.

sb


On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Richard Adkins wrote:

> I'm reading this with interest. What
> do you suppose a modern piano/scale
> would sound like with this pure tone
> wire? Or has someone tried it already?
> I mean, like Steinway/Baldwin/Yamaha,etc.
>
> Wouldn't the higher tensioned scales make
> it less desirable? Also, do we want the
> sound to be that "pure", or will we all
> be saying, "Well, I doesn't sound like
> a Steinway/Baldwin/Yamaha (whatever)...etc anymore?"
>
> Woud concert pianist that we all serve accept
> the sound of the "pure wire", or will they
> miss the transient/complex harmonics?
>
> I guess I"d have to order some to find out
> for myself, huh? No time right now.
>
>
> Richard
>
>
>


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Steve Brady, RPT
Head Piano Technician, University of Washington
Editor Emeritus, Piano Technicians Journal