[CAUT] Water Damage to Practice Room U1s

[Don Mannino]

'Genuine Yamaha Parts'

Might keep the resale value up, maybe.

:-)

Don Mannino

> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf Of william ballard
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:55 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Water Damage to Practice Room U1s
> 
> 
> One curious detail came up during the estimating of repairs on these  
> two sprinkled-on U1s. I was quoted by Yamaha $511 per set of  
> replacement bass strings. (I made a quick call to the local Yamaha  
> dealer who said that sounded right.)
> 
> This 52-string set duplicated by Mapes would be $223. Steinway's  
> replacement set for either 1098 or K52 is $167. I know that with  
> Yahama strings the lengths are so well-calculated that they can go  
> right on the tuning pin with no trimming to length, and presumably  
> their accuracy for a scale of their own should be far above anyone  
> else's copy of this set. BUT....what else am I getting for the extra  
> $300-350?
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> wbps at vermontel.net
> 098783  EA   Hamburg Tuning Pins 4/0  2-1/2.......$72.00
> T5591600  1PC  Key Flame Guide
>      ...........My two favorite catalog items (Steinway 4/96, 
> and Yamaha
>          respectively)
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 
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