Trichords on a Spin-it<G>

[gordon stelter]

Yes Alan, to eliminate the notorious "doinginess" of
those first few plain wires above the bass section, I
have heard that wound triplets is the way to go.
     Thump

--- Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have an opinion. On many pianos, usually ones that
> start plain wire
> immediately after the break, I find the first few
> tenor notes a little
> hard to tune and that they end up with a tone that
> is a little whiny and
> inconsistent in tone quality with notes just a
> little bit higher. I
> think it's because the scale is designed so they
> have too little
> tension. 
> 
> Often thought I might experiment with a 1/2 size
> larger wire on notes
> like that, but I don't know the in's, out's, how's,
> where's, why's, and
> whatfor's of scale design so I'm chicken.
> 
> Anyway, I think (?) I'd rather have wound triplets
> than low-tension
> plain-wire.
> 
> Exception: I do not want any wound strings higher
> than E3, I like all
> plain-wire temperaments.
> 
> BTW I tune a 1904 Chickering upright that appears,
> on first glance, to
> have about 371 wound strings on the bass bridge.
> Buncha triples.
> 
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Stephen Airy
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: Piano Tech list - PTG
> Subject: Re: Trichords on a Spin-it<G>
> 
> Speaking of wound trichords on a piano, which do you
> think is better on
> a
> concert grand, a scale like what's in a Yamaha
> CFIIIs (with wound
> trichords), or one like in a Bosendorfer 280
> (bichords to the break and
> plain trichords, no wound ones)?
> -- 
>   Stephen Airy
>   stephenairy@fastmail.fm
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