pitch in 1860

[Calin Tantareanu]

Jurgen,

Thanks for the info. It's just as I suspected.
I am not using modern steel on it. I am using the original strings, which
are still holding. We put them back after repairing the soundboard etc.
However, I am not sure what kind of new steel would be appropriate. Stephane
Collin, who is also a contributor to this list, made some breaking tests
with strings from an ~1860 Pleyel and later Bechstein, and found that they
were similar in breaking to modern steel, while new "historical" type wire
would break far sooner.
But he can better explain his findings then me.

 Calin Tantareanu
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