Ordered wound string for a 1910 "O." It was for the D18 bichord. This was the one where my customer insisted on a genuine Steinway string, so I ordered it through S&S--not knowing that Mapes makes their strings, anyway. The string came tagged S&S "O" String #30. I didn't spot the error until I installed the string and saw how short the wrap was, looking closer it was too thin also. Don't know if I ordered wrong or Steinway passed it along wrong or Mapes heard it wrong BUT ... The D30 on this "O" is a plain string trichord, so I assume all of them are this way--no wound strings on the tenor bridge. Even if there were wound strings as high as #30 in a Steinway, wouldn't they likely be quite thin and a trichord? So the question is, even if it was ordered wrong, wouldn't Mapes find the error when they looked up the specs in their S&S stringing scale records??? How could they produce a wound #30 if the piano doesn't have one? Who, in your opinion gets stuck with the bill to make the correct (#18) string? This is NOT a rag on Mapes. I think they do a great job. But this deal went funky somewhere ... Alan R. Barnard Unstrung in Salem, MO
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