<!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 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=piano49@bellsouth.net = href="mailto:piano49@bellsouth.net">John W. Peterson</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> Monday, August 19, 2002 = 11:27 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Synchrotone Bass Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Hi Paul.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I have a book called " Piano = Tone Building, Proceedings of the Piano Technicians Conference, Chicago = 1916, 1917, 1918 New York 1919", by the "Acoustic Department, American Steel and = Wire Co."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Vols. 1 and 2. (a single book).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT><FONT face="Courier = New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>If you like history, this is = an amazing text.  I've always liked the sound of iron-wound = strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Have a good day.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>jp</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>John Peterson, Associate Member<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Peterson Piano = Service<BR>Raleigh, North Carolina<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:pianotuner@bellsouth.net"><FONT face="Courier New" = size=2>pianotuner@bellsouth.net</FONT></A><BR><A href="http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~johnwp49"><FONT = face="Courier New" size=2>http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~johnwp49</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the reply and heads up on = the books. I do have copies and never thought to look; and I recall the = section on bass strings.  Hopefully more will reply with additional information.  I'm working on a presentation covering bass strings = and want to include some history as well as current thinking.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul = Chick</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>