Replacing strings

[Brian Lawson]

Hi, Looking at one of your pics it is ususal (at least for me) to unclip the
whippen from the key (rather than unscrew the rail from the whippen) and
then remove the action as one from the keys, anyhow as you say you've
regulated it I guess it is of no consequence.

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa



----- Original Message -----
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: Replacing strings


> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this list, and I should first say that I'm not a piano
> technician.
> This is my problem: I want to change the bass strings on my piano, but the
> original ones are wound with iron or steel, not with copper.
> So my question is, would copper-wound replacement strings need to have the
> same diameters or different ones? Since copper has a different weight from
> iron, different diameters could be needed.
> How could the new strings be calculated?
>
> The piano is a 2 meter long Bechstein, probably from 1887 (serial. nr.
> 18700). You can see some pictures of it on my website.
>
> Thanks you!
>
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> Calin Tantareanu
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