[pianotech] Noise in bass strings

[David Boyce]

I didn't know the "Erard" bit. When I order strings from John Delacour I 
specify "whipped ends" if required. Perhaps Erard invented the method.  
On the Piano Strings page of my website 
http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/piano-strings.php there are a couple of pics 
at the top of the page showing whipped ends on both old and new strings.

The difference in length is cetainly a bit odd, Terry. How do they 
compare at the bottom end? If, overall, the wound length is different, 
that would obviously be likely to give rise to odd beats.  And even if 
the wwinding was the same length, but one string a bit further down, so 
that the windings end up nearer the bridge, the hammer then effectivel 
has a different striking point on the wound length and that too could 
surely give rise to an effect.

Is the effect bad enough, and the piano good enough, to warrant 
replacing those four strings?

Best regards,

David.


Terry...here is a pic posted by John Delacour a while back...he calls 
this an Erard whip.


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