Synchrotone Bass Strings

[John W. Peterson]

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Hi Paul.

I have a book called " Piano Tone Building, Proceedings of the Piano =
Technicians Conference, Chicago 1916, 1917, 1918 New York 1919", by the =
"Acoustic Department, American Steel and Wire Co."
Vols. 1 and 2. (a single book).

Phew, that was a big title. I don't know if the book is still available; =
I obtained my copy in 1983.

On pages 42 through 49 inclusive, is a section titled "Peculiarities of =
Wound Strings, December 21, 1916".

This section records the conversations between the wire maker, =
manufacturers and technicians. One of the topics covered is iron-wound =
(steel-wound) strings vs. the "new" copper-wound and =
copper-plated-winding strings. fwiw: William Braid White is one of the =
participants.

If you like history, this is an amazing text.  I've always liked the =
sound of iron-wound strings.
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Have a good day.
jp

John Peterson, Associate Member

Peterson Piano Service
Raleigh, North Carolina
pianotuner@bellsouth.net
http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~johnwp49

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  From: Paul Chick (EarthLink)=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:39 AM
  Subject: Synchrotone Bass Strings


  List
   I remember some posts about Baldwin Synchrotone Bass Strings, but =
don't
  recall:
      1. Did Baldwin discontinue them?
      2.When?
      3.Why?
  Is there any information available on the history of wound strings, =
i.e.
  when, who, what was used, how bass string winding got where it is =
today?
  Thanks!

  Paul Chick




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