pianotech-digest V1997 #294 reply again

[pianoman]

What would work better is that they used scarlet braid that didn't fade to
that washed out pink color.
The braid also solves the problem of not having to clean under the plate in
those sections with braiding.
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Only my best is good enough"

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> From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: pianotech-digest V1997 #294 reply
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 1:09 PM
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, pianoman wrote:
> 
> > I think a lot of people put in the braid because it looks cosmetically
> > good.  That portion of the string looks kind of bare without something
to
> > dress it up.  I have seen many pianos with the braid intertwined in the
> > duplex portion which defeats the purpose but does quieten some noisy
> > sections down to a manageable level.
> 
> Of course, in some old, small, "cheapie" grands, leaving out the
stringing
> braid may have saved the manufacturer several cents at the wholesale
level
> and if they were basically turning out  piano-shaped plant-stands every
> little bit of profit counted. OTOH, if you were really building a junker,
> maybe the hope was that by using a wide, brilliant-scarlet stringing
braid
> throughout PLUS lining the inside perimeter of the case with a matching
> scarlet cord, you might thereby be able distract the owner's attention
> from true, dismal quality of the "instrument". Manufacturers at the
bottom
> of the barrel faced having to make constant important decisions, just
like
> the guys at the top.
> 
> Les Smith
> lessmith@buffnet.net 
>