Roslau vs Mapes Gold

[David Ilvedson]

I have a customer with a new Mason & Hamlin A.  He is an accomplished concert 
pianist who is breaking strings on the piano.  I will be installing new hammers in the 
future...I'm aiming towards an American hammer...Ronsen?  Question:  Can I 
rescale the treble sections to lower the tension and help the string breakage without 
ruining the sound? Beautiful sustain...!  Should wait until the hammers are on and 
see if they help.  I realize the sound is going to quite a difference from the Renner 
Blues...he's open to losing some of the brillance (and he will...;-])if he can help with 
the string breakage...This is an on going problem.  Every few weeks I'm replacing 
strings and touching up.  He claims he isn't playing that hard?....

David I.

On 17 Jan 2003 at 12:33, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: January 16, 2003 9:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Roslau vs Mapes Gold
> 
> 
> > Yes, the Roslau wire is definitely dirty.  I was really wondering
> > about
> any
> > tonal differences.  I thought I heard some mention that it had a bit
> > more shine or brilliance in the upper registers, but it sounds like
> > both you
> and
> > Dale E. don't find any appreciable difference in tone.
> >
> > David Love
> >
> 
> Nor have we. We've been using Mapes IG wire since it came out and have
> been very happy with it. As Ron mentioned, it's a lot cleaner. We've
> used it to replace Roslau in a couple of pianos that had breaking
> string problems and have found it to be some tougher. In terms of tone
> quality I'd rate them equal. I question the idea that either has "more
> shine" or more "brilliance" than the other. I'd want direct
> side-by-side comparisons using identical instruments. And that's not
> likely to happen.
> 
> Del
> 
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