Square piano strings/ Dave Dormus' ?

[Dave Doremus]

At 11:58 PM -0400 6/25/02, Stephen Birkett wrote:
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>Well Rose C is actually not iron - it is carbon steel, and pretty 
>hard modern stuff too, nothing like historical steels. I agree for 
>something like an 1840 piano there isn't much choice at the moment, 
>at least not commercially available wire.


Thats what I needed to know, thanks Stephen. You can feel the 
difference in the old wire if you have to take off a broken string, 
your fingers notice immediately. I restrung an 1820's piano many 
years ago, keeping the original pins and all the wire that was on it, 
as I intend to do with this lttle square, and the sensation of 
handling the old iron and brass was something you never forget.

Any damper cloth suggestions?
-- 
----Dave


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Dave Doremus RPT
New Orleans
algiers_piano@bellsouth.net
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