Maximum tension

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@KSCABLE.com
Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:48:15 -0500


>Its not so bad in the plain strings, I would say acceptable. (I can see why
>piano makers would be interested to see the modern electronic measuring
>devices and programs analyze their instrument.)  However with wound tuned to
>plain and wound tuned to wound, the problems are there.

That's why I asked. There isn't an awful lot that can be done with the
plain strings without changing speaking lengths. Rescaling the wound
strings, and possibly converting some plain to wound in the low tenor like
Newton said, is where you'll make the most difference with the original
bridges. Just keep the bass and overall tension similar to the original, so
you don't get sucked into an imploding piano when you're pulling it up to
pitch..


Ron N


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