>I've considered looking into the possibility of taking a Bass Core wire and >having it plated to the approximate diameter of ideal. Then, swagging it to >the exact diameter of the calculated ideal diameter. Plated with what - copper, I presume? >I wonder if the tonal >response of this type of string would be better or worse than a "wound" >string. A soft hammered, copper bar xylophone with the ends of the bar tied to relatively solid terminations would likely produce a lovely "pfud". I expect it would be tough to voice the transition to the plain wire. >After all, the process of winding strings is several centuries olde >and you'd think we could come up with something a little less problematic, >in this advanced technology age we live in. >Just a thought. <G> >Best Regards, >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) But Joe, every time someone tries something that cures or corrects one of the annoying sounds that makes a piano a piano, then it isn't a piano anymore and nobody wants it. Ron N
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