---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The pure wire strings are meant for older instruments in the first=20 place, and a very good alternative for steel/copper breaks in older=20 instruments like in old Bechsteins and the like, Inox steel in more modern instruments is, according to me, too mild and=20= not the right stuff. It is definitely very nice, but especially for older instruments, and=20 sometimes as a replacement of just some registers in en older=20 instrument. friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" On 26-feb-05, at 19:58, Porritt, David wrote: > When replacing funky sounding low tension wire with Pure Sound wire=20 > should you go back with the same size? > > =A0 > > dp > > =A0 > > David M. Porritt > > dporritt@smu.edu > > > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On=20= > Behalf Of Piano Forte Supply > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:54 PM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Rescaling GH1 tenor section > > =A0 > > =A0Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > Inharmonicity isn't the problem with that low tenor. It's tension and=20= > low break%. The speaking lengths are just too short for plain wire at=20= > the required pitch. > > In pianos with scaling problems such as Ron describes, Pure Sound=20 > wire has often been effectively used to improve the tone.=A0 It has a=20= > lower breaking strength and therefore, the break % at the same tension=20= > is higher.=A0 Also, it has a better tone at lower tensions than=20 > "regular" piano wire. > > For more information on Pure Sound wire, check out: > > http://www.pianofortesupply.com/puresound.html > > Jurgen Goering > Piano Forte Supply > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3719 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/87/49/7e/ce/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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