String Info Please

[David Ilvedson]

The strings I've had problems with the winding be to short were not under tension.   They were the broken ones...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 3/19/2008 12:39:09 PM
Subject: RE: String Info Please


>At 11:08 -0700 19/3/08, David Ilvedson wrote:

>>...I have had the winding of the made string be a little short of 
>>the other string.   Am I suppose to add a little length to the 
>>winding?  Is the string maker suppose to do this him/herself?

>The stringmaker needs to know whether you have measured the string 
>under tension or off the piano, because the string will come say 8 - 
>15 mm closer to the top bridge when it's pulled to pitch.  If you 
>don't tell him and he can't be bothered to ask, he will play safe, 
>assume you measured it under tension and make it shorter than your 
>measurement to allow for average stretch.

>When you consider the price of an odd string you can't expect the 
>stringmaker to spend time and money phoning everyone who gives 
>incomplete information.  You should give all the available 
>dimensions, state which note the string belongs to and say whether 
>you took the lengths under tension or not.

>JD