back check wires

[Avery Todd]

Ric,

A rebuilder friend of mine prefers the Renner backchecks simply because they
are stronger. Not as much flex. I tend to agree!

Avery

At 11:36 AM 1/4/05, you wrote:
>Based on a recent talk by Kent Webb out here in Seattle, I think you need to
>consider the *weight* of the backcheck wire as more significant than the
>gauge of the wire.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
>Behalf Of Richard Brekne
>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:32 AM
>To: Pianotech; caut@ptg.org
>Subject: back check wires
>
>
>Hi folks
>
>Doing a rebuild on an Petrof 235 and it looks like I I have a choice of
>replacing back check wires with 2.9 mm diameters, or use the existing size
>of 2.5 mm along with some resizing of the holes in the keys. The existing
>wires are bent in every which way you can imagine and loose in the keys.
>
>What I would like to get opinions on is whether or not any of you have any
>preferences in regards to diameter of the wire. Thicker means stronger...
>not necessarily a good thing...
>
>So whataya whataya ??
>
>Thanks
>
>RicB
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