[CAUT] Snarly bass, was RE: Rubenstien Piano

[David Love]

You probably don't need double wraps on a 9' piano as the longer length
allows for a thinner overall dimension and the differential between the core
wire even at .051" and the outer wrap will probably not require a double
wrap.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John
Delacour
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:34 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Snarly bass, was RE: Rubenstien Piano

At 1:42 pm -0600 4/3/07, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>>Single wrap strings. Double wrap strings sound better, My mentor 
>>uses double wraps.
>>  Keith Roberts
>
>I much prefer double wrap monochords too, but what string winder can 
>do double wraps for 9' pianos? They don't want to go below 0.017 for 
>an inner wrap, when a D sized string wants 0.015">0.011", or 
>thereabouts. Going from the original 0.063" re-bar to an 0.051" core 
>wire helps a bunch though.