strings 'n stuph

Paul tunenbww@clear.lakes.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:40:01 -0500


John
I have come across this same pattern in some old uprights, too, but I can't
recall the brands. Maybe some one will follow with an explanation.

Paul Chick

John wrote:
> I came across a piano the other day (an old Strohber upright) that had
> copper wound in the single and lower half of the double wounds, and iron
> wound in the upper half of the doubles.  The remaining iron wrapped
> strings were dead.  I assumed that someone replaced only half the bass
> strings at one time.  Could that piano have been designed that way?
>
> John Voigt
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