> Brett: > You are in Hawaii, aren't you? I am really surprised that not more > technicians working in humid places or locations near the ocean have > looked into using stainless steel piano wire. Why string with a wire > that you know will be rusty in short order? Pure Sound wire won't rust > because it is stainless. It is not directly interchangeable with Mapes > or Röslau wire, because the tensile strength is a bit lower. Scaling > needs to be looked at and taken into account. But for certain pianos, > including Steinways up to the B, it can be a viable alternative. Other > benefits are tonal improvements in pianos that don't have high tension > scales. > > Jurgen Goering Jurgen, Who's wrapping bass strings with Pure Sound cores? Ron N
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