[pianotech] Steinway A Bass String Rescaling

[Ron Nossaman]

William Truitt wrote:

> Those of you on the list who have engaged in bass string rescaling along 
> these lines, I would most appreciate your comments and your observations 
> on the aural  benefits derived from such machinations.


Getting the rebar cores replaced with something smaller and 
more flexible, like that 0.053" you noted, is a big low bass 
improvement. Add double wrapping, and you've improved the 
flexibility of the string enough that there might actually be 
some fundamental in it instead of a lot of high partial clank. 
Getting the break% up is then easy because of the smaller 
diameter core. The inharmonicity decrease is an artifact of 
these beneficial changes, and is just more or less going along 
for the ride.
Ron N