stainless steel treble wire

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

I'd be cautious of string breakage, with the modern heavy hammers pounding
on that.

With these 'pure sound wire' I had a string break in the middle of the piano
(Erard grand 1895 env), that rarely happens with modern wire in these
places.

Isaac OLEG

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]De la part de Richard
> Adkins
> Envoyé : lundi 12 novembre 2001 15:19
> À : caut@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: stainless steel treble wire
>
>
> 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
>
>
>