>My understanding from the stringmakers (I've talked to several about this) is >that strings should be put under tension soon after they are wound. One I My sources say the same thing although I put one set of strings on that were a couple of years old by the time they were installed and they were OK. How long their life will be is another matter. That particular set was never removed from its shipping box, coiled of course. >talked to said surely no longer than thirty days. I don't understand why, but >they do seem to go dead if left hanging. Anyone else know anything about >this? For interest's sake, I was working in a concert hall in a neighbouring province a month or so ago where they have a 40 year-old Heintzman Concert Grand as their second piano (#1 is a 1967 S&S D). When they bought the piano in 1967 it came with a spare set of bass strings and they have been hanging in the piano cage ever since. I'm curious as to their condition after this long... John John Musselwhite, RPT Calgary, Alberta Canada musselj@cadvision.com sysop@67.cambo.cuug.ab.ca
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