Bill ol' buddy, same thing you get when you spend over $1,000. for authentic Bosendorfer strings and wait 6 months to get them from Austria. Original marketing as Don has noted. Personally I prefer GC or Arledge depending on how much bite you're lookin for. I like GC for Yamaha. Chris Solliday ----- Original Message ----- From: "william ballard" <wbps at vermontel.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:55 AM 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) > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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