Yamaha C6 bass strings

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello Andre
Interesting info on Yamaha bass - a friend just changed them after 2
years on a C6 with HellerBass and it was for the better.

I'm learning new things any day - thanks the list !

So we have 4 methods of winding :

With the central wire roughened with 2 files
Without roughening
WIth the use of a resin /glue
on hexagonal wire

The resin is certainly not a quality factor is not it ?

I've heard that the Yamaha S series bass strings where hand made,
while the other bass where made with a special machine.

Bechstein bass strings are said to be winded without roughening, they
have that cymbalum quality of the HellerBass strings.

I never find the hexagonal strings to have a very nice tone.

About turning the strings, String makers said me that the strings have
to be placed in the piano the same that when they where made, that
mean if we have to turn them it is only to get the reaction turns that
occur eventually when the strings is out of the bench.

Best regards to all late at nighters .

Isaac OLEG


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Objet : Re: Yamaha C6 bass strings


>> Friends,
>>
>> No one responded to this yet, but I would like some input, please.
>> I've
>> been tuning a 1998 Yamaha C6 grand every six months for the last
five
>> years.  I tuned it again yesterday, and it sounds to me like some
of
>> the
>> bass string windings are loose.  I think I read on this forum at
some
>> time that Yamaha felt their strings shouldn't need twisting.
>>
>> Does anyone remember any kind of discussion about this?  It seems
to
>> me
>> that a piano of this caliber shouldn't be having this problem.  Or
has
>> it been a problem common in this model?  Your input is appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Clyde Hollinger, RPT


At Yamaha, they use a substance on their steel to make the copper wire
stick. I am sure it is a resin of some sort.
They don't twist their strings because the resin is supposed to hold
the copper wire tight.
Usually this method is proficient. A mistake is always at hand.

André

>>
friendly greetings
from
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