splicing bass strings

[Richard Oliver Snelson]

Hello again, If I remember correctly it was mentioned that the string
tie in the speaking length did little to change the sound. Their
recording were done after removing copper. Which made big differences in
the string ,tone, sound.  

The Boston strings that I mentioned are at the start of the bass bridge.
By the way Newton, had a shot at voicing them when he was here also the
Steinway dealer. I think it not a voicing problem, instead a string
problem (winding problem.)  Boston is willing to send replacements so
I'll try that first on the A# which is the roughest sounding. If that
doesn't help then I'll ask Sandersons to check the scaling and wind
replacements for all the small bass strings. 
Their class is excellant and really opens ones ears to what string
problems sound like.  Hope they offer it at the National as I'll take it
again. 


Rich Snelson 

Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> >Hello Ron, I just attended a class taught by Al Sanderson and his son
> >David  on the subject of strings and winding problems. They had studio
> >recording of piano strings with various "unwraps" and other problems. It
> >was very easy to hear the big change in the sound as the strings
> >inhamonicity is increased by removing the wrap.
> -------------------------------
> 
> Hi Richard. Yes, of course it will if you just peel wrap. That wasn't the
> scenario. Were any of their recordings of strings with wrap peeled and the
> extra string mass of a splice added? That will change the sound too, most
> likely, but probably won't create tuning mismatches any worse than what you
> can find among the other wrapped strings. You probably can't find the
> spliced string aurally, which was the point.
> 
> >Their class made me aware of string problems I had been facing, where
> >all help and advice had pointed to voicing the problem out.
> 
> Voicing gets the blame for a whole lot of things having very little to do
> with the hammers.
> 
> >Those of you working and tuning Bostons let me know what you think of
> >the sound of the series of small base strings. F#2 to A#2 on the GP 178
> >Grand and smaller grands.
> >I have found notes in this series to be raspy, thuddy, etc.. Anyone been
> >able to smooth this section out by voicing?   I would like your thought
> >on this..
> >Richard Oliver Snelson
> 
> Would that, by unlikely coincidence, be the low end of the tenor bridge?
> Are you asking for help and advice in voicing the problem out? If all the
> pianos of that model have the same voicing problem at the same point in the
> scale, it's probably not a voicing problem at all, but rather a scaling
> and/or soundboard problem. I'm sorry I don't know any voicing tricks that
> make these sort of things go away. Wish I did.
> 
> Ron N