Yes Alan, to eliminate the notorious "doinginess" of those first few plain wires above the bass section, I have heard that wound triplets is the way to go. Thump --- Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote: > I have an opinion. On many pianos, usually ones that > start plain wire > immediately after the break, I find the first few > tenor notes a little > hard to tune and that they end up with a tone that > is a little whiny and > inconsistent in tone quality with notes just a > little bit higher. I > think it's because the scale is designed so they > have too little > tension. > > Often thought I might experiment with a 1/2 size > larger wire on notes > like that, but I don't know the in's, out's, how's, > where's, why's, and > whatfor's of scale design so I'm chicken. > > Anyway, I think (?) I'd rather have wound triplets > than low-tension > plain-wire. > > Exception: I do not want any wound strings higher > than E3, I like all > plain-wire temperaments. > > BTW I tune a 1904 Chickering upright that appears, > on first glance, to > have about 371 wound strings on the bass bridge. > Buncha triples. > > Alan R. Barnard > Salem, MO > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of Stephen Airy > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:52 PM > To: Piano Tech list - PTG > Subject: Re: Trichords on a Spin-it<G> > > Speaking of wound trichords on a piano, which do you > think is better on > a > concert grand, a scale like what's in a Yamaha > CFIIIs (with wound > trichords), or one like in a Bosendorfer 280 > (bichords to the break and > plain trichords, no wound ones)? > -- > Stephen Airy > stephenairy@fastmail.fm > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release > Date: 6/10/2003 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release > Date: 6/10/2003 > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC