[CAUT] Ari Isaac's bass strings

[Court Stewart]

Thanks to Mr. Busby and Dr. Nicolaides (and of course, Mr. Isaac!).  Your
comments seem to be borne out by the recordings I referenced in my original
post.  I've got a pet project (my 1901 Steinway upright) that I'm looking
forward to trying the strings and hammers on.  I've replaced the bass bridge
already (thanks Mr. Trefz) and can't wait to get some good strings on it --
too poor to do it all at once :).  Even with old strings and worn out
hammers it's already got an impressive bass.


Thanks again,
Court Stewart
Associate PTG, MMus, BSMus


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Dr. Henry Nicolaides
<drsnic4 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi List,
>
> I have only one experience with Ari's bass strings.  I used them on a
> rebuild of a small Hallet and Davis.  Nothing short of fantastic strings.
> What would have been a lackluster bass was a bigger and bolder sound than
> was expected.
>
> Henry Nicolaides
> SIU Carbondale
>
>
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> From: jim_busby at byu.edu
> To: caut at ptg.org; pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:20:33 -0600
> CC: isaac at isaacpiano.com
> Subject: [CAUT] Ari Isaac's bass strings
>
>
>  All,
>
>
>
> Just a brief report on Ari Isaac’s bass strings. Vince M and I bought sets
> and they are very good sounding indeed! Ari says that he is the only one NOT
> using the softer winding, and that they will age better. We’ll see. But they
> do sound great right now. I’ve used Hellerbass and Arledge for years, but I
> think these might be an improvement. Ari should (if he hasn’t) post
> something about these because I think it merits your consideration. A
> “harder” copper winding? I think that’s what he says.
>
>
>
> Ari, will you comment?
>
>
>
> Jim Busby
>
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