<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>OK,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Thanks for the input everyone.  It seems there isn't much compelling reason to NOT use Iron wound strings should the client really want that.  Just different tonally than copper wound strings.  Ron N, Ron O, David A, Dale E, any input?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Client says he really likes the tone of this old grand (probably original hammers, and beat up action to boot).  It's always fun to educate on what the results of a restringing will be, i.e., "Yes, it will change the sound of the piano, 'course, we could replace the hammers too.  And shanks.  And..............."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Should be a good opportunity</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=madvinmryk@yahoo.com href="mailto:madvinmryk@yahoo.com">vince mrykalo</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 20, 2007 8:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SV: iron wound strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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><A href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</A></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> <DIV><A href="http://www.mrykalopiano.com"><STRONG>www.mrykalopiano.com</STRONG></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<BR>Check out <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM-">new cars at Yahoo! Autos.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>