Yow-Yowing strings

[Ron Nossaman]

>I've considered looking into the possibility of taking a Bass Core wire and
>having it plated to the approximate diameter of ideal. Then, swagging it to
>the exact diameter of the calculated  ideal diameter.

Plated with what - copper, I presume?


>I wonder if the tonal
>response of this type of string would be better or worse than a "wound"
>string.

A soft hammered, copper bar xylophone with the ends of the bar tied to 
relatively solid terminations would likely produce a lovely "pfud". I 
expect it would be tough to voice the transition to the plain wire.


>After all, the process of winding strings is several centuries olde
>and you'd think we could come up with something a little less problematic,
>in this advanced technology age we live in.
>Just a thought. <G>
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)

But Joe, every time someone tries something that cures or corrects one of 
the annoying sounds that makes a piano a piano, then it isn't a piano 
anymore and nobody wants it.


Ron N