Terry, The Erard whip might be some forensic evidence. I've only seen this whip from European string makers. Maybe the fact that I haven't seen this whip from a US maker is just evidence my limited experience, or maybe someone was trying to address a manufacturing anomaly the scaling. Perhaps someone, factory or post manufacturing, tried to address the scaling problem with non-standard cores like Paullelo (or Pure Sound) wire that at the time were not available in the US at the time. Paullelo wire in the hands of North American string maker is only a fairly recent development. If it is a non-mapes core, lower tensile strength core, you would not be able to tell from the dimensions of the string, but a call to Walter might give you this info. Put a magnet on the core, and see if its Stainless steel???maybe?? Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com (978) 425-9026 Shirley, MA
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