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<font face="Arial">I didn't know the "Erard" bit. When I order
strings from John Delacour I specify "whipped ends" if required.
Perhaps Erard invented the method. On the Piano Strings page of
my website <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/piano-strings.php">http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/piano-strings.php</a> there are
a couple of pics at the top of the page showing whipped ends on
both old and new strings.<br>
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The difference in length is cetainly a bit odd, Terry. How do they
compare at the bottom end? If, overall, the wound length is
different, that would obviously be likely to give rise to odd
beats. And even if the wwinding was the same length, but one
string a bit further down, so that the windings end up nearer the
bridge, the hammer then effectivel has a different striking point
on the wound length and that too could surely give rise to an
effect.<br>
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Is the effect bad enough, and the piano good enough, to warrant
replacing those four strings?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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Terry...here is a pic posted by John Delacour a while back...he
calls this an Erard whip.<br>
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