Hi Alan, Glad you found the information useful. It's always nice when I have something of value to share. William R. Monroe William, Thanks for this! Alan Alan, I've used the Tokiwas with no problems. I think the biggest concern with a smaller gauge wire is that it wouldn't be stiff enough. I don't find stiffness to be a problem with the Tokiwa backcheck wires. Up until the mid-80's S&S was using backcheck wires of .098" and previous to that, .090". But, (much like the current damper wires vs. older wires) I believe the new wires are stainless and therefore much stiffer . Of course, the new S&S backcheck wires are also thicker (.115), contributing to their stiffness. I believe Tokiwas are the same (stainless) and therefore have the requisite stiffness you'd need. William R. Monroe We need to replace a set of grand backchecks with wires and are deliberating between Tokiwa and Renner. The Tokiwa is much less expensive (less than half the price) but has a smaller diameter wire (appx. .098") than Renner's backchecks (appx. .114"). I would rather use the beefier wire, but the cost is so much more. Anyone care to weigh in on their experience with Tokiwa grand backchecks WITH wires? Thanks, Alan Eder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080318/5beba25c/attachment.html
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