Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph

[John Ross]

I seem to recollect, that some Chinese pianos, used 'tinned' wire a few 
years ago.
Could that be the reason for the change in colour, and also the rendering?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph


>
>> Ron,
>> Does the "Imperial German Scale" imply that this is a Samick product?
>
> That was my first thought, but I really don't know.
>
>
>>I see that the folks at pianoworld.com believe that it is a Dongbei 
>>product.
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> Could be. It *is* Chinese built.
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> What I'm most interested in is why that plain wire is a different color, 
> and why it rendered so poorly.
> Ron N
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