---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 11:11 AM 12/29/2001 -0600, you wrote: >I installed a set of Mapes made bass strings yesterday. I had ordered them >with a pattern consisting of two small pieces of paper, one with the hitch >and bridge pins, and one with the agraffes (an agraph, as it were), with >the speaking lengths of the first and last string on the bridge. They also >got a list of core and wrap diameters, with a request to get as close to >13mm bare end and wrap step lengths as possible. > >The strings arrived C.O.D., which surprised me (and quickly, which pleased >me), with a notice that they no longer did 30 day net accounts, and >requested a credit card number for future transactions if I wanted to avoid >C.O.D. charges. > >When I chipped the strings up to pitch, they came in to a real pretty and >quite adequately uniform 13mm on both ends. They CAN do it, but they >apparently want them paid for up front if you insist on eliminating their >safety margin. > >I don't know how long they have been doing this, but I thought I'd pass it >on if anyone is interested. > >Ron N GC has perfect termination lengths without the need to jump through hoops. Jon ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b3/48/02/cd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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