<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <STRONG><EM> Ed</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  I can't quantify the sound objectively but .... I like it.  The Mapes Gold Swedish wire just feels more ductile in the hands & our experience seems to be..... way less false beats. We used Roslau for years & then switched for sake of comparison & found it much more to our liking. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><< What's the diff? What do you prefer? Why?<BR><BR>     The tonal difference seems to be that the Mapes is fuller sounding. The <BR>Roslau, at least the plated stuff, sounds thinner and seems to sustain less.  <BR>I have lots of it that I will sell at bargain basement prices,(maybe 1/3 the <BR>price of new?)  It is still in the original wrapping, and has never been <BR>touched.  <BR>Regards,<BR><BR><BR><BR>Ed Foote RPT <BR>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html<BR>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>