<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>