Ditto. I have put Pure Sound on 2 M's. One has done ok so far (not sure if anyone is really playing it though) and the other is back in my shop getting a new block and Mapes International Gold strings. The breakage was constant - especially in the capo section. They used a different technician for a couple of tunings and his string replacements were the worse I have ever seen - coils (if you can call them coils) were down in the plate, up on the pin and everything. Restringing and putting in a block on my dime now - not fun. When I installed the Pure Sound, I used the extra strength strings and followed recommended scaling. The sound was subtly better and the look was great - but the strength is not there. They would be even more likely to break on a larger piano I believe. Bob Hull ________________________________ From: Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> To: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>; caut at ptg.org Sent: Sun, May 9, 2010 9:14:08 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pure Sound Wire Fred, thank you... Ouch! I used Pure Sound on an M nearly 3 years ago, using the recommended scale. The top capo section began breaking spontaneously, without being played, within a few days, maybe even a few hours. I replaced the top section with Mapes International Gold, and the stringing seemed stable. I prefered what I hear as a less noisy sound in the tenor, much warmer than the usual M, though the customer has never been entirely happy. Friday I tuned with a small pitch raise, and now the customer has called, saying D#4 has broken. She is a heavy player, Military Polonaise. and proud of it. I'm thinking the time is coming to just bite the bullet and restring. Ed ----- Original Message ----- >From: Fred Sturm >To: Ed Sutton ; caut at ptg.org >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 10:02 PM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pure Sound Wire > > >On May 9, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Ed Sutton wrote: > >A few years ago Pure Sound wire was being >> promoted as suitable for use on S & S M pianos. >>Has anyone tried it? >>Have you had breakage >> problems? >>Thank you. >> >>Ed >> Sutton > >I > experimented with Pure Sound on a B a couple summers ago (piano in a > classroom). I will be restringing the treble sections (capo) this summer. Far, > far too much breakage. Tenor is great, and does sound noticeably better (well, > it's subtle, but better - clarity and sustain, as well as a better > inharmonicity match, and F2 area tunes much more easily). But the breakage in > the capo section has been nearly 50%, compared to maybe as much as 5% (mostly > much less) in pianos with standard wire. No broken strings (so far) in the > tenor (up to C#5). > >I should note > that I did use the extra strong wire as recommended as well as recommended > scaling. > >Regards, >Fred Sturm >fssturm at unm.edu >http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm >http://www.youtube.com/fredsturm >http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100510/1654a2da/attachment.htm>
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