strings 'n stuph

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Paul, John,

At 07:40 09/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I have come across this same pattern in some old uprights, too, but I
>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.



Why limit the discussion to uprights? The Baldwin SD-6 has copper wound 
singles, and steel wound bi- and tri-chords.  None of which are dead on any 
of the SD-6s I service.



Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
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