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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Glenn Crashvalve!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I challenge you to wrap a string round =
a wrest-pin
where there's an agraffe and then hammer the pin into the pin-block =
without
putting a kink in the speaking length of the string. If you can do it =
I'd like
to know. ;-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Crashvalve@aol.com =
href="mailto:Crashvalve@aol.com">Crashvalve@aol.com</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 24, 2003 3:05 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin pre-cut string</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 10/23/03 12:31:40 PM, <A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Comic Sans MS" =
color=#000080
size=2>With this in mind I'm not sure what you mean when you say "a =
straighter
wire gives truer harmonics."</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 =
size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Baldwin uses =
straightened and
pre-cut wire simply as a manufacturing expediency. These wires are =
purchased
from Mapes to specification with each coming bundled in a package of, =
perhaps,
a hundred or so identical wires labeled for a specific spot on a =
specific
piano. These are then placed in one of several tubes set up so the =
stringer
can pull whichever specific wire is needed in sequence as stringing
progresses.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>I have had a couple of technicians =
observe the
wire is not perfectly straight in the last inch of travel into the =
agraffe, and
measurements seem to confirm this. The theory is this acts like a shock
absorber, or a mild kink, and affects the string adversely. In fact =
strings are
kinked daily by technicians and they don't re-straighten. I had thought =
Baldwin
did this for tone quality's sake, but it's obvious to me on reflection =
that
indeed it's just for handling ease. I'm guessing Mapes used an industry =
standard
straightener, and i'm still wondering if roller pressure on the skin of =
the wire
affects it for ill ?<BR>Glenn C.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva =
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