Those of us who have restrung with Paulello wire generally speak highly of it.
If you understand the influence of breaking point percentage on the tone, you know why correct use of Paulello wire can significantly improve the tone of the foreshortened area of the scale.
The Paulello typogram will enable you to identify the possible improvement.
I believe you can get much of this benefit as you describe, by replacing the low tenor notes with appropriate wire.
You might decide later to replace the treble and even bass sections.
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Ed Sutton
ed440@me.com(980) 254-7413
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-03-2022 18:08
From: Tim Foster
Subject: Low tenor improvements with Paulello wire?
As I continue to rebuild my personal Knabe C "concert parlor grand" as they called it, I'm looking into scaling. In general, I don't care for the dead sound of most pianos in the low tenor and I was looking into Paulello wires in relation to the low tenor specifically to help correct this problem. What I'm wondering is, can I use Paulello wires in the low tenor to increase the breaking point percentages and use regular wire higher when the strings naturally are within more ideal breaking point parameters? If so, could I use the same diameter low tenor strings as those that I took off but softer Paulello wire (using Paulello's Typogram)? I'm not really looking to significantly change the scaling, only the tone of the low tenor, in part because the cost of investment in a full set of Paulello wire is a little steep.
I apologize if these questions are ignorant, this is new territory for me.
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Tim Foster
New Oxford PA
(470) 231-6074
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