John I have come across this same pattern in some old uprights, too, but I can't recall the brands. Maybe some one will follow with an explanation. Paul Chick John wrote: > I came across a piano the other day (an old Strohber upright) that had > copper wound in the single and lower half of the double wounds, and iron > wound in the upper half of the doubles. The remaining iron wrapped > strings were dead. I assumed that someone replaced only half the bass > strings at one time. Could that piano have been designed that way? > > John Voigt > > >
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