Clyde I've come across strings that I couldn't splice because they would not bend for the knot, just snap again. I'm wondering if it's aged from use or poor wire? Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 6:20 AM Subject: Re: piano wire > Carl, > > I haven't restrung anything yet, so I am just passing on a story and a hunch > FWIW. > > 1. At a chapter meeting a well-respected piano remanufacturer said, "Listen to > this." He took a wire cutters and cut a tiny piece of music wire off a piece of > new wire. Then he said, "Now listen to this." He cut a tiny piece off a > different piece, and the sound of that cut was decidedly more "musical" than the > first. The wire was also shinier, which may or may not be related. Then he > said, "We sent the first back. We couldn't use it." > > 2. It seems to me that using the brittle wire, as you call it, is risky at > best. I've tuned pianos where it seems the strings of a particular size are > prone to break. Could it that particular wire was brittle? Probably. Using > brittle wire is likely to cause either you or someone else grief in the future. > My guess is that manufacturers of low quality pianos would use the wire anyway. > > Regards, Clyde >
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