This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Crashvalve@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: October 22, 2003 5:13 AM Subject: Baldwin pre-cut string When I visited Conway in 73' they had precut and straightened wire to = string the verticals. I know a straighter wire gives truer harmonics, = Question is; does zig-zag roller straightening of piano wire have any = downside like false beats etc ? If rollers are good, did Baldwin use = then in two or four planes ? regards Glenn C.=20 Unless there is a kink in the wire, any wire stretched to 150+ lbs of = tension is going to be pretty straight. With this in mind I'm not sure = what you mean when you say "a straighter wire gives truer harmonics."=20 Baldwin uses straightened and pre-cut wire simply as a manufacturing = expediency. These wires are purchased from Mapes to specification with = each coming bundled in a package of, perhaps, a hundred or so identical = wires labeled for a specific spot on a specific piano. These are then = placed in one of several tubes set up so the stringer can pull whichever = specific wire is needed in sequence as stringing progresses. The grand pianos are strung from standard 5-lb coils in rack held above = the piano. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4f/f7/a2/23/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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