I have had occasions where it was necessary to put 4 full twists on all the strings in the tenor section of pianos like the Steinway A in order to get a good sound. I would not however recommend this for any double wrapped strings, for that would tend to loosen the underwrap. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 Maxpiano@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 97-04-20 22:38:18 EDT, you write: > > << Do the > schraffed strings want less twist than normal ones? >> > > I can't speak to the schraffed strings, but a Steinway dealer tech I met in > the 1950's said Steinway was recommending one and one-half turns on bass > strings, and he theorized that if that was valid for a baby grand, a concert > grand would need more. > > Looking at the other posts, I'd try reducing twist and if that doesn't work, > increasing. > > I just got Mapes to copy a dead string that I received from Baldwin for a > Wurlitzer (Young Chang) upright, and I hope your experience doesn't predict > that it will be dead when I install it! > > Bill Maxim, RPT >
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