>Previous to your post, I had always thought the extra bend, a real pain, >when replacing a broken one. >I had always hated the extra bend on the Baldwins. >I also found that the extra bend resulted, in more of my blood being >spilled. >I will now reinvestigate my previous assumptions. >When I replace a string, I always indicate on my bill, which string was >replaced. It is a carry-over from the days when I used to repair electronic >organs, if a note went after my repair, it was 'always', the one I had just >repaired, that went again. So I had to be able to prove it wasn't. >On a piano, it is not as bad, because, you have new/shiny, versus old/not >shiny, in most cases. > >John M. Ross Hi John, I so very rarely have to replace a broken string with that extra bend that it hasn't been a real problem. I've also had pianos with nice shiny strings and breakage problems (foot-handed pianist), where it was difficult to tell new wire from old. Not often, but it happens. This may not be a perfect technical approach to string replacement for everyone, but I find it quite workable, and a lot more sociologically manageable for myself. Ron N
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