Farrell wrote: > He purposely tries to make the > wrapped length as long as he possibly can with the winding touching the > bridge pins or agraffes. Oops! I meant "without" the winding touching...... Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Bose Imperial Bass Strings > My understanding is that unwrapped portions contribute to inharmonicity, > more unwrapped, more inharmonicity. Ideally, you want the wrapped portion > as long as possible without it touching the agraffe (or bridge). > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Date: 6/7/2003 10:07:08 AM > > Subject: Re: Bose Imperial Bass Strings > > > > I've had David Sanderson make me a couple sets of bass strings. The > strings were made from my measurements. He purposely tries to make the > wrapped length as long as he possibly can with the winding touching the > bridge pins or agraffes. I forget all his rationale, but I think the > advantage is to simply fully take advantage of all the length available to > make the string. As I recall, the winding came within about 1/8-inch of the > pins and agraffes (maybe it was further, but I do remember it being > amazingly close). Seem to me to make sense to get them as long as is > possible - but not risk touching. How much will a string stretch over the > years? I don't really know. > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > BTW, the Sanderson strings sounded fabulous. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul McCloud" <pmc303@ricochet.com> > > To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:52 AM > > Subject: Bose Imperial Bass Strings > > > > > > Friends: > > > > I have a Bosendorfer Imperial 9' grand that has been > > restrung. The bass string replacement sets I've gotten from the string > > company haven't been satisfactory, and I'm wondering what to do about > > it. Here's the history. > > > > The first set was made by a company in Canada (won't name) > > who was recommended by our associate store's technician. (The piano is > > for sale at the store where I work). I sent the original strings for > > them to duplicate. They were very conscientious about making them > > exactly the same as the old ones. It seems that the old strings had > > windings VERY close to the bridge pins. Since we (at the store) were > > concerned about some local tech finding this and badmouthing the piano > > (and possibility of buzzing on the bridge pins) we decided to reorder > > the strings and make the windings end farther from the bridge. I spoke > > to the winder, and he suggested sending a pattern, which I did. Now, > > they had the old strings and the pattern to work with. The new strings > > arrived, and were installed. Several of the strings had windings that > > came extremely close to the agraffes, many less than ¼". Some were > > almost touching. When I called to complain, they said I had made the > > pattern wrong. Ok, maybe so. But, thankfully, he was willing to remake > > about half a dozen of the closest ones, at no charge. They were > > satisfactory, but after installing a couple, I realized that the rest of > > the strings were stretching (it took a few months before I installed the > > new replacements). The other strings had stretched so much, the > > windings on them also came very close to the agraffes. At this point, I > > decided to go to another string company (U.S. maker) who said he had the > > string scale already (36 string bass scale). I ordered the full set, > > and they arrived a few days ago. I found that this set was exactly like > > the original set the Canadian company had made, with the windings so > > close to the bridge pins, and the windings near the agraffes. I didn't > > install the strings, actually, but I could see that they were too long, > > and would have come too close to the agraffes when pulled to pitch. > > > > At this point, I don't know if I should expect the American > > string company to take back the strings. It's not their fault, > > necessarily, nor is it mine, since they assured me that they had made > > lots of these and had no complaints. > > > > I'm inclined to use a tape to measure the distances from hitch pin (I > > got one of those special tape measures at a convention), and have custom > > strings made from the actual numbers. But, I'm not a rebuilder, nor do > > I have much experience with these Bosies, so any suggestions y'all might > > have would be gratefully appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul McCloud > > > > San Diego > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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