Bonamens facilitates restringing of old pianos with modern steel wire.

Piano strings are made of steel wire, today mostly of Röslau wire. Old steel wire, used for piano strings in former times, is no longer available. It is now certain that the old wires differ from Röslau wire. Nevertheless Röslau wire is almost taken for granted at a restring of an old piano, sometimes with disappointing results. The use of other steel wire, like the wire of Pure Sound, can result in a substantially better sound. Restrings can be done very much better when the qualities of the old steel wires are taken into account at the choice of new steel wire and at the calculations of the scale.

Bonamens is the Latin word for common sense.

Common sense is indispensable when an old piano has to be restored or rebuilt and its mysteries have to be unravelled.The old masters did know how to achieve a good sound with the materials they had at their disposal. That old knowledge is practically lost. In spite of the fact that piano technicians with much improvisation talent are able to deliver a masterpiece.

Bonamens originates from the need for a possibility to improve the sound of an old piano.

In autumn 2003 my wife and I bought an old piano during a holiday in France, my wife to play on it and I to make something beautiful of it. It was a gamble, but it worked out well. Now it looks magnificently, plays fine and sounds beautifully. That is easier said than done.

A simple solution at a low price!

This calculation program is in fact an application in Microsoft Excel. To use it no other knowledge of computers is needed but a basic knowledge of Windows and Excel. As it does nothing more than can be done with pencil, paper, a calculator and a lot of time a humble price is asked for it: € 128,- excl. VAT.