Asian Music Wire

[Graeme Harvey]

Hi Rob,

When I was learning this trade the workshop I was employed by used Suzuki
piano wire among others. It is definately Japanese but I don't know if this
is what Yamaha and Kawai use. Also I don't know if this is the only Japanese
producer of wire. Geez I don't know much do I?
By the way, the stuff is oily, (or used to be - I don't use it these days)
awful to do a stringing job with but otherwise seemed OK to me at the time.

I  use Roslau blue and have done for several years now with no problems. I
re-strung a Yamaha G5 recently and it sounded as good to me as a new model
with whatever string wire they use.

Cheers,

Graeme Harvey
New Plymouth NZ


----- Original Message -----
From: robert goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: Asian Music Wire


> I was wondering if anyone could tell me where one might purchase
> Asian music wire, (the type used on Kawai, Yamaha, etc.).  Are
> these companies producing music wire in house or is there a
> Japanese company producing wire, (i.e. Mapes) who does it as a
> sub contractor?  If so is there a supply company that sells
> import Asian music wire in the U.S. ?
>
> When restringing Asian pianos I was thinking it might be
> appropriate to attempt to use this kind of wire seeing how these
> pianos have a higher tension scale, different sound, etc.  It
> might be a good experiment if nothing else.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
>
>