On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, John Delacour wrote: > My guess, or rather my observation as a bass string maker, is that modern > wire is no good. > > Steinway's scales have not changed but the wire has. In fact most > Steinways will accommodate the new wire for a while because Steinway scales > are "short" and excessive tensions are not involved, but all the strings > are nearer their elastic limit than they would be if Poehlmann wire were > used. Sadly Poehlmann wire is no longer available and so the monopoly > supplier can get away with murder. > Wow, this *is* interesting. So when did Poehlmann go out of business? I thought Steinway used Mapes (at least in the US). But I guess that this (breakage in the treble) would prove they don't make good wire either. Alas! Barbara Richmond Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois brichmon@titan.iwu.edu
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