This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment List: from Sy Zabrocki =20 Beckstein, Bosendorfer, Grotrian and August Forester still use the = single string format. Meaning each string has it's own hitch pin and = loop. Of course the other method is the usual "one wire serves as two = strings" with one hitch pin.=20 A month ago at the NAMM Show I roamed around scrutinizing practically = every piano on the planet. It's unfortunate all technicians can not = attend this event. You feel like a kid in a candy store. At first became = aware of the single strings at Bosendorfer, then found them also on the = other German pianos.=20 The hitch pins appear to be slightly smaller and the wire loops are tiny = and precise. I questioned some of the German personnel on why they use = this type of stringing. They listed some advantages but admitted the = advantages were minor.=20 No. 1--In a concert situation a string might break. The artist or almost = anyone on the scene could easily remove the broken string and concert = could go on.=20 No. 2--Using single strings the scale designer can more easily change = wire sizes. No. 3--While stringing the wire length can be measured more precisely to = control uniform coils.=20 None of these makers claimed this type of stringing made any = improvements in tone. Also, most German pianos do not use duplex scale.=20 Sy Zabrocki ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/55/17/05/9b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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