[CAUT] Water Damage to Practice Room U1s

[Chris Solliday]

I use GC Bass Strings on Bosendorfers and so does KlavierHaus in New York
and they do alot of Bosies.  C Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <reggaepass at aol.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Water Damage to Practice Room U1s


> My experience with Japanese pianos has been that you can get bass
> strings that sound at least as good (if not considerably better) for
> less money, and made right here in the US of A. Has anybody else out
> there tried non-Bosendorfer bass strings on one of their pianos? I did
> once (quite some time ago) and was woefully disappointed. They do make
> mighty fine strings. Just wondering if the sound is unique to them, if
> it is closely approximated by someone else, or if anyone's after-market
> strings produce a different but "also wonderful" sound on Bosies.
>
>  Alan Eder, RPT
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Chris Solliday <solliday at ptd.net>
>  To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
>  Sent: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:27:52 -0500
>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Water Damage to Practice Room U1s
>
>  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)
>  > +++++++++++++++++++++
>  >
>  >
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