Joel, My mistake. That is interesting to hear. I did not know that as we only rarely see US made pianos in Europe. I think most of them were brought here by emigrants coming "home". I have only seen the blend of wound strings in instruments made before WW2. "Joel A. Jones" <jajones2@wisc.edu> skrev:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Aras, Maybe I'm showing my age, but I wouldn't consider the Everett model 11 an 'old' piano. They mixed two kinds of wrap. Still see many of those guys still going in schools, chuches, etc. Joel Joel Jones, RPT Madison, WIl On Apr 21, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Aras wrote: > William, > There were even manufacturers who blended iron and cupper wound > strings. It can be seen in old pianos where they have put in iron > wound strings before the tenor breake. This was not done because the > cupper was expensive or so but simply because of tone quality > benefits. > Iron wound strings are not bad at all - they have another sound and > some people like it and some dont. > Aras > > "William R. Monroe" <pianotech@a440piano.net> skrev: >> >> How about iron wound strings? I've a client with a rather old Baldwin >> that >> has iron wound strings, in need of a new pinblock/strings, etc. The >> client >> is interested in keeping the strings iron wound and I've never >> replaced >> irons wound with copper wound. Are there pitfalls to be aware of? What >> kind of tonal difference would one expect if we were comparing new >> iron to >> new copper? I'd also be interested in arguments in favor of and >> against >> keeping them iron. >> >> Many thanks, >> William R. Monroe >> >> > > > Låt vårkänslorna spira. > Hitta din tvillingsjäl på Yahoo! Dejting: http://se.meetic.yahoo.net</pianotech@a440piano.net></blockquote> <hr size=1> <table><tr><td>Låt vårkänslorna spira. Hitta din tvillingsjäl på Yahoo! Dejting: <a href="http://se.meetic.yahoo.net">http://se.meetic.yahoo.net</a></td></tr></table>