[pianotech] Stringmaking Question

[Will Truitt]

Hi John:

 

I definitely think you are hoping for too much.  I'd be happy if I could get
some of the bass string suppliers to properly read and reproduce
measurements that are correct.  Recently I ordered  6 replacement bass
strings for 3 different pianos, and provided accurate measurements for each.
When I got the strings, all 6 of them had windings that were 4 to 6 inches
too long and were unusable.  My measurements were accurate, the strings
weren't.  This is a continuing problem with suppliers.  I don't know what
the answer is, other than to send them the strings to reproduce.

 

Will Truitt

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Ross
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:34 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] Stringmaking Question

 

Should a good string maker be able to determine if a wrong measurement is
supposedly given for a custom string set?

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?

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

Just wondering what other peoples take on this is.

Unfortunately, I did not keep a copy of the submitted measurements.

 

John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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