Don't know the purpose in a piano. But, on an electric bass, the flat wound strings are evidently stiffer, and as a result, produce fewer higher harmonics and less of them. They sound less bright and clear. How do the sound in a piano? ~Mark Schecter On May 11, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Bob Hull <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> wrote: > What is the purpose of the ribbon wire or flat wound bass strings? Is it to help the winding grip the core wire better? What is the tonal difference? > > Thanks! > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20120511/53f486e0/attachment.htm>
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