<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert = Goodale</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> February 11, 2003 11:49 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Strings 'n = Things</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I would be interested in hearing some = opinions on tone variances between Mapes and Roslau wire.  I have used both.  = Other than origin and color what noticable differences have some of you = noticed in tone quality?  I'm not certain how this could be verified = without stringing two identical pianos with each type of wire and then placing = them side by side.  Has anyone noticed any defined brightness, fullness, or particular partial emphasis or suppressions between them?  If so which seems to closer resemble the tone = quality of strings originally used in 1920s-ish pianos?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just wondering, seems like a good topic for discussion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>As I've mentioned = before on this list, some years back I did have the opportunity to run a fair number of = identical pianos using both Mapes and Roslau wire. No one was able to = discern any difference aurally nor were we able to measure any difference with = the spectrum analyzer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>