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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do remember him talking about studying =
Conklin's
methodology, and, what struck me was, seeing the pictures of a =
conventional
string maker standing there, holding the wrap in his gloved hand, and =
operating
the machine with his foot switch, or something- compared to modern =
computer
operated machines, computer scaling programs, etc. I would guess =
that it
just has to be more consistent to do it taking advantage of technology =
in that
manner. I know several techs (including me), that said that they =
were
going to try his strings, and the consistency has to be better,
right?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clark Sprague</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianobuilders@olynet.com
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 14, 2003 =
11:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Longitudinal mode =
info</DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>I assume you mean =
Arledge. We do
use strings from him and we like them a lot. They are nicely and
<U>precisely made</U>, but he wraps to my core and wrap =
specifications and I
make no attempt to tune the longitudinals. . I want <U>uniform
inharmonicity</U> for good tunability. . I also want <U>tight and =
consistent
wraps that don't rattle and buzz.. </U></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>I =
do know Arledge
has studied Conklin's work on the subject and I assume he has adopted =
at least
part of Conklin's methodology </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" =
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
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