bass string differences

[Erwinpiano]

  Newton

I have a different perspective than yours.  I really take issue with the
lack of falseness issue.  Having used many sets (dozens)of his strings
before finally giving up in frustration I can say honestly that I was
astonished at how many sets had false beats and also false beats develop
over time.  I'm still changing out sets of strings when possible that have
untunable unisons.
    Also I experienced some very funky scaling in a stwy B, as in so much
tension that the tone is choked. I'm still waiting for an opportunity to
change those.

   Any string maker can have the occasional false or ooops made string but I
found it wearisome, tedious and expensive to replace a string or strings in
a rebuild after it has gone home causing repeated trips to the clients home
at to pull up the new string and try to explain why the so called custom
made expensive strings are having this kind of a problem.
   Maybe things have changed but I won't pay to find out cause I still am.
  I 'm a guy who's long on patience but I also have a long memory of this
fiasco.
    Dale Erwin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <newtonhunt@netzero.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: bass string differences


> For several days now I have watched Ari Isaac make bass strings.
>
> When a request for a set comes in he evaluates it on the computer and
> makes some changes to bring up the power and other factors.
>
> The strings are swaged, hydraulically, by his assistant, Marie, then Ari
> putts the string on the lathe and winds that string with the appropriate
> copper.  There are a number of interesting techniques that he wishes not
> to have disclosed, but I think the end result is a superior string with
> far less falseness and far fewer "mistakes" in scaling than many will
> provide.
>
> He has enough experience to know when a string is wrong, wrong core,
> wrong wrap  for a particular length.  I have watched him carefully test
> a string while it is still on the lathe and throw it out when he is not
> satisfied with the sound of that string.
>
> The whole process is extremely interesting.  It is time consuming and
> may involve as much as four hours start to finish.  That is to the
> customer's advantage.
>
> Try them, I think you will like much of what he does.
>
> I use them.
>
> Newton (from Toronto)
>
>
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