Missing bass string

[Dave Sanderson]

Ted
We sell a modified 1/4" wide Stanley metric/inches tape measure that
would do the trick.  We take off the carpenter's tab at the end of the
tape and rivet on a piece of brass with a hole in it, calibrated from the
back side of the hole to zero, so that the measurement it gives is from
the back of the hitch pin to whatever.  It is very simple to use and the
petite size makes it possible to get into the difficult places.  We sell
it for $9.00 (plus S & H).....a very useful addition to any toolbox.
One more thing you've gotta have
Dave

David Sanderson
Littleton, MA
Pianobiz@juno.,com
On Fri, 04 Apr 1997 07:25:55 -0500 ted@palmnet.net (Ted Simmons) writes:
>I tuned an Acrosonic spinet yesterday that had a bass string missing
>and it
>wasn't stored at the bottom of the piano as is often found..  The
>owner
>wanted a replacement and not a universal installed.  It's an older
>Acrosonic and Baldwin doesn't have the scale for it so they sent what
>they
>thought would work.  It didn't.  Does anyone have an accurate way to
>take
>measurements to order a new string?  I don't want to remove the action
>and
>I can't get a steel roll-up tape measure past the dampers.
>
>Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL
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