At 08:27 AM 5/15/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hi everyone, >Yesterday I had a new discovery: It was a small Schomacker grand built >in 1923. At first glance I thought someone had sprayed the plate and >ALL of the strings, because they were all gold (or brass-, or yellow, >etc.)-colored. All the plain wires and even the bass strings, core and >wrappings. They sounded dull with only minimum sustain. On closer >inspection, it looked like the piano had been restrung and this was the >actual color of the strings. In 23 years, I've never seen this before. >I don't recall any discussion on it either. > >Can anyone enlighten me? Is this what Mapes gold is all about? > >jeannie > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal >mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net That was Schomacker''s marketing ploy: gold plated strings. I don't know what they claimed; better tone, no rust... Mapes Gold Series wire is not gold plated, I suppose to represent a standard rather than physical characteristic. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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