<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Strings 'n Things</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> on 2/11/03 2:49 PM, Robert Goodale at rrg@unlv.edu wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>I would be interested in hearing some opinions o= n tone variances between Mapes and Roslau wire.  I have used both. &nbs= p;Other than origin and color what noticable differences have some of you no= ticed in tone quality?  I'm not certain how this could be verified with= out stringing two identical pianos with each type of wire and then placing t= hem side by side.  Has anyone noticed any defined brightness, fullness,= or particular partial emphasis or suppressions between them?  If so wh= ich seems to closer resemble the tone quality of strings originally used in = 1920s-ish pianos? Just wondering, seems like a good topic for discussion. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV from Armond D'Ambrosio, armond@snip.net to me, without a doubt the Roslau wire is brighter and gives more higher pa= rtials on a light touch to the piano which is not desireable.  this was= consistent to me on all restringing jobs.  being older and a pianist e= njoying Oscar Peterson and Art Tatem styles i much prefer the Mape Wire and = feel it is the closest to the 1920's sound.  TO me this was the real mu= sicians piano tone.  one can not, in my opinion, play music on the new = pianos of today which utilize high tension wire and hard hammers.  it i= s not conducive to relaying emotion through music, unless of course it is ro= ck and roll, then the bright sound does the trick.  I stuck with, after= a few mistakes, Ronsen Hammers, Mape Gold Wire, and Mape Bass Strings. </BLOCKQUOTE>       a further comment is, and please don't= everyone jump all over me, the piano has not been manufactured since the 19= 60's and by far the greatest and only real pianos of all time were made in t= he 1920's in this country and only in this country.  I had one customer= though in FL with a 6'8 Bosendorfer made in 1964, a beautiful sweet sound, = very touchy instrument.  Excellent.  still not a Steinway, Mason a= nd Hamlin, or a Baldwin of the old days. </BODY> </HTML>