1865 Style 2 S&S

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Hi Stephane.=20
   Makes sense.     I believe that piano wire, since it's development  has=20
had differing amounts of carbon content which could effect tone &  longevity=
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Also It's my contention that both plain wire & copper that was  used as a wr=
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combined with very skilled technicians made way better bass  strings than mo=
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made today. Can't prove it but others have thought so as  well.
  Just look/listen to/at some sets of early 1900 original  sets of Stwy/othe=
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 strings that still have 90% of the tonal integrity.  Pretty amazing when I=20
consider how many string sets I replace in more modern  pianos after only 30=
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40 years, especially bass strings.
 BTW, tension is tension the way understand  it.
    Dale

Don't  know for Steinway, but heard that tests done on strings of a 1864 =20
Bechstein belonging once to Richard Wagner showed that the steel used for =20
strings had similar properties as modern R=F6slau wire.  1864 is a time  aft=
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the industrialization of the process of making steel, and piano  makers were=
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very quick to adopt the new material.

St=E9phane  Collin


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