bass strings

[Al Jeschke]

>List,
>	Someone has said that the copper used by the Canadian string maker was not
>"electrical grade" copper but was somehow a purer form.  Since I would
>assume that the weight of the copper is the same how could it make that
>much difference in the tone?  Or, is it just attention to detail by the
>string maker.
>	On a different note,  I have one Kawai KG-8C that gets broken strings (top
>section) when you lower the tension, even the small amount of moving during
>regular tunings.  Anyone heard of that?
>
>James Grebe in St. Louis
>pianoman@inlink.com
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