[pianotech] Stringmaking Question

[Ron Nossaman]

John Ross wrote:
> *Should a good string maker be able to determine if a wrong measurement 
> is supposedly given for a custom string set?*

To a degree, yes, but not absolutely.


> *The set had all the windings uniform at the tuning pin end. However one 
> pair had the windings half way across the bridge. There were two other 
> pairs that had one of the pair with a winding 1 mm from the bridge.*
> *When a computer is designing the set, wouldn't these errors have been 
> noticed?*

Computers don't design strings, people do. The computer just 
does the math and displays the result for the designer.


> *I contend that this should have been noticed by eyeballing the set, and 
> querying the measurements.*

It probably should have been noticed, but most of us miss 
REEEEEALLY obvious things sometimes.


> *Just wondering what other peoples take on this is.*
> *Unfortunately, I did not keep a copy of the submitted measurements.*

Bad dog! ALWAYS keep a copy of submitted measurements to check 
against the product if something's not right. That tells who's 
fault it is. Does the string maker have your submitted notes 
on file to fax or mail you a photocopy?
Ron N