operknockity

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: December 05, 2002 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: operknockity


>
> >Hi all
> >
> >Since we are on the subject of self tuning pianos, does any one remember
> >Operknockity (sp)?  For those that don't, this was some super treated
> >piano wire that had, I believe, been super frozen to minus something
> >colder than St Paul in winter.  This treatment was supposed to condition
> >the wire so that it only needed tuning once.  In fact, their moto was
> >"Operknockity only tunes once".  It received a lot of hype from the media
> >and was going to replace the need for tuning.  Then, it was gone.  Any
one
> >ever tune the special wire?  Of  course, I was just in diapers at the
time
> >and hardly remember it.  ;-)
> >
> >Ned Swift
>
>
> Falconi, I think, was playing with that idea. Trouble is, it's not
> stretching wire that makes pianos go out of tune. A fix of something that
> wasn't broke.
>
> Ron N
> _______________________________________________


As did we at Baldwin. Both tenor strings and bass strings (both core and
wrap). No one could tell any difference in stretch, tuning stability, tone
performance or whatever.

Del