<div>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.</div> <div> <BR><B><I>pianotech-request@ptg.org</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>William,<BR>Gregor Heller will surely make any basstrings you want<BR>www.hellerbass.de<BR>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.<BR>It actually worked on a piano I tuned.<BR>Aras<BR><BR><B><I>"William R. Monroe" <pianotech@a440piano.net></I></B> skrev: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Hi
folks,<BR><BR>How about iron wound strings? I've a client with a rather old Baldwin that <BR>has iron wound strings, in need of a new pinblock/strings, etc. The client <BR>is interested in keeping the strings iron wound and I've never replaced <BR>irons wound with copper wound. Are there pitfalls to be aware of? What <BR>kind of tonal difference would one expect if we were comparing new iron to <BR>new copper? I'd also be interested in arguments in favor of and against <BR>keeping them iron.<BR><BR>Many thanks,<BR>William R. Monroe<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <div></div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV> <DIV>Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>University of Utah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ff0000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>"Minél több a változás, annál nagyobb az állandoság"</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>The more I learn, the less I know.</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
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