old upright Knabe..

[Danny Moore]

Jim wrote:

  The Baldwin SD-6 used them in the the upper Bass in the 50's and
  that was
  not for cost considerations.

Jim,
Do you recommend replacing the steel strings on an SD-6 with
copper-wound when the piano is restrung?  I have a 1961 model artist
series SD-6 under my care; the steel strings do, in fact, sound dead
relative to the low bass copper-wound strings.

Thanks for your input.

Danny Moore
Houston Chapter