SV: iron wound strings

[vince mrykalo]

Everything I've read about iron wound strings suggest that the sound was slightly better than copper, a little more body.  The drawback was that they went "dead" more quickly.  And of course the salesmen  touted copper windings as being tonally superior, regardless whether they were or not.
   
pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote:
  
William,
Gregor Heller will surely make any basstrings you want
www.hellerbass.de
I once learned from an old factory chief that when iron wound string became dumb you should just take down the tension to about zero and then tune them up again.
It actually worked on a piano I tuned.
Aras

"William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net> skrev:  Hi folks,

How about iron wound strings? I've a client with a rather old Baldwin that 
has iron wound strings, in need of a new pinblock/strings, etc. The client 
is interested in keeping the strings iron wound and I've never replaced 
irons wound with copper wound. Are there pitfalls to be aware of? What 
kind of tonal difference would one expect if we were comparing new iron to 
new copper? I'd also be interested in arguments in favor of and against 
keeping them iron.

Many thanks,
William R. Monroe



  


      Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT
  University of Utah
   
  "Minél több a változás, annál nagyobb az állandoság"
   
  The more I learn, the less I know.
   
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