David Kilpatrick wrote: > > He says overwound didn't exist. Twisted pairs, but no overwound. I am > unsure. I think early pianos were contemporary with the instrument and > used single and double overwound strings.
I have to check this out, but I'm pretty sure wound strings were invented as early as 17th century. Maybe some other list members have more substantial info about this? (Of course, even though they were invented that early doesn't mean they actually became commonly used until later.) Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com http://www.tablatvre.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
