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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>My understanding is that the tinned wire
was mainly for 'tropicalizing' pianos.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>It would definitely be more rust
resistant.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianoguru@earthlink.net href="mailto:pianoguru@earthlink.net">Frank
Emerson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 17, 2007 4:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Strings and sealing wax, and
other fancy stuph</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I would say that the odd color may be due to
the material composition of the tinning, not the presence or absence of
it. In fact, I will go out on a limb and suggest that tinning of music
wire may be more common and widespread that one would think. I was told
by a third party that a well known music wire maker stated that the
only difference between their "premium" music wire and their "standard" music
wire was that their premium wire had heavier tinning, suggesting that all
of their wire had at least some tinning. </FONT><FONT
face="MS Sans Serif">Regarding the reasons for tinning, I would not disagree
with the statement that tinning is for looks; however, I would say that it is
for rust-resistance, which is to say, for looks, long term.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">One contributor stated that he was only aware
of two new grands of Chinese origin, marketed in his area, (correct
me, if I got that wrong). On this subject, I'll see if I can't stir
things up a bit more. I would suggest that more are made in China than
one would suspect, or dare I say it ...... virtually every new piano out
there, if not made in China, includes a substantial number of
component parts made in China. Take, for example, a company with a
"good-better-best" marketing strategy, good made in China, better made in
Japan or Korea, and best made in the West. How much of a stretch is it
to suspect that even the Western-made pianos have some component parts from
China, with such a company's established connections in
China? Consider parts unique to pianos, such as tuning pins, key pins,
and action parts. How much of a stretch is it to suspect that the time
is coming when&nb! sp;these parts will no longer be available, except from
China .... if that time is not already upon us?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Frank Emerson</DIV>
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<DIV>PS: For any who may be interested, I will betray my own bias. The
following is a link to a photo of a Chinese-made concert grand, of my
design, played at the One-Year Countdown Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/1year/officialcampaign/s214122684/n214123324.shtml">http://en.beijing2008.cn/1year/officialcampaign/s214122684/n214123324.shtml</A></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=karlkaputt@hotmail.com href="mailto:karlkaputt@hotmail.com">Gregor
_</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 9/17/2007 5:34:23 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Strings and sealing wax,
and other fancy stuph</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>As mentioned, the strange colour of the strings
might be due to tinning these strings. Back in the eighties, the shop where
I made my apprenticeship had these tinned strings in stock. But we did not
use them anymore. I think the only reason for tinned strings was the better
look.<BR> <BR>Gregor<BR><BR>> From:
scottwaynejackson@hotmail.com<BR>> To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>> Subject:
RE: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph<BR>> Date: Sun, 16 Sep
2007 14:29:29 +1000<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Ron,<BR>> The only Chinese
grands that i see at the moment are "Story & Clark" and Neimeyer from
Dongbei. I can't say that i've noticed anything strange about the plain
wire, but now i will take another look. These all have serial numbers
beginning with DG.<BR>> <BR>> Scott Jackson<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
>> What I'm most interested in is why that plain wire is a>
different color, and why it rendered so poorly.>! Ron N<BR>> <BR>>
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