<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Phew, that was a big title. I = don't know if the book is still available; I obtained my copy in = 1983.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>On pages 42 through 49 = inclusive, is a section titled "Peculiarities of Wound Strings, December 21, = 1916".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>This section records the = conversations between the wire maker, manufacturers and technicians. One of the topics = covered is iron-wound (steel-wound) strings vs. the "new" copper-wound and copper-plated-winding strings. fwiw: William Braid White is one of the participants.</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><BR></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE 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=tune4@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4@earthlink.net">Paul Chick (EarthLink)</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 = 10:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Synchrotone Bass = Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List<BR> I remember some posts about Baldwin Synchrotone = Bass Strings, but don't<BR>recall:<BR>    1. Did Baldwin = discontinue them?<BR>    2.When?<BR>    3.Why?<BR>Is = there any information available on the history of wound strings, = i.e.<BR>when, who, what was used, how bass string winding got where it is today?<BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Paul Chick<BR><BR><BR></DIV><FONT = face="Courier New" size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified = Virus Free by AVG.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A = href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: = 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: = 8/2/2002</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>