Mike Mohr at Steinway is on vacation for the next two weeks. Call the string duplication guys at Mapes Piano String Co. (615) 543-3195 or FAX (615) 543-7738. Their address is: 408 N. Pine St., Elizabethton, TN 37643 ---------- From: owner-pianotech@byu.edu on behalf of Charles K. Ball Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 1996 8:52 AM To: pianotech@byu.edu Subject: Re: Gimmee some advice! (RE: Bass String Scale) >Hello list! > >I'm going to be restringing a Steinway model "OR", serial 278808 (1934) and >have a question for all you whiz kids out there in cyberspace. > >What would you do about ordering the bass strings? Would you order "L" >strings from NY Steinway, "O" from Hamburg or send a pattern/old strings to >the local neighborhood stringmaker? > >Thanks for the help! > >Mike Dear Mike, I would recommend that you call Mike Mohr at Steinway & Sons (1-800-366-1853) for information about this scale. I believe that Steinway still has its bass strings spun by Mapes in TN (listed in the PTG Services Directory), who has all the scales on record. It is still a good idea to send a pattern according to the instructions from the string maker. An alternative is an independent string maker in Canada: GC Strings @ 416-755-7109, ask for Danny. His strings are *superb*; we have installed them in several of our concert Steinways with dramatic results. Danny has Steinway scales on record. Good luck, Charles Charles Ball, RPT School of Music University of Texas at Austin ckball@mail.utexas.edu
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