A Tough piano question

Keith McGavern kam544@ionet.net
Sun, 08 Jun 1997 07:08:16 +0000


List,

This message was posted on rec.music.makers.piano newsgroup.  If there
is someone who is capable and willing to address these concerns, please
E-mail BOB LANG <rlang@netdoor.com> direct.
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BOB LANG <rlang@netdoor.com> wrote:
> 
> Restoring an 1841 piano.  The string wire is much softer (more
> flexible) than modern string wire of same diameter.  Any negative
> consequences of using modern wire for replacement, like possibly
> cracking the frame?  Would tension in wire be same for old and new?
> No one seems to be able to answer this question.
> 
> Bob Lang
> rlang@netdoor.com
> Visit my homepage at http://www2.netdoor.com/~rlang
> ==================================================

Keith A. McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA


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