Arledge bass strings.

[Richard Moody]

I just got a set of bass strings I ordered from James Arledge.  I wanted the
tensions of the new strings but he said they were way under the breaking
point of the of the core wire so I said go ahead and make them to your
computations. I must say his method of shipping is the best I have seen.
Imagine my surprise when I came home to find a four foot long 1-1/4" pvc
pipe from UPS.  Inside were my bass strings.  The only complaint I have is
he used thin walled so I can't cut it up and use it for piano rollers. The
weight of the piano squashes them.  Oh well,----I am not asking for a
shipping rate increase but no way were those strings going to be damaged in
as long as he ships them this way. What was it?  6.99 shipping and
handling??   


----ric .  

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Delwin D Fandrich
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:05 PM
To: 'Pianotech'
Subject: RE: The "Jolly Loop" was RE: Andres punchings

 

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell
| Sent: April 07, 2005 8:10 PM
| To: Pianotech
| Subject: Re: The "Jolly Loop" was RE: Andres punchings
| 
| I spoke with Mr. Arledge once at the convention in Chicago 
| and asked him about scale designs. He mentioned that he 
| changed bass scales on everything he made. I asked if I did 
| my own scale and sent it to him , would he replicate my 
| design or change it? He indicated that he would probably 
| change it if he saw the need to. 


Jim and I have also had some discussions on this. And, yes, my scales are
produced quite accurately. I measure each string of each set just to be
sure. He
comes as close as anyone else has, and much closer than most.

Del


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