---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C53DAE.9B6C3150 I had the exact same thing happen to me, but the strings are perfect! = UPS broke the tube right in half, and then taped it back together. = Clark A. Sprague, RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Spalding=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Shipping Damage, was Arledge bass strings. I agree, the shipping container is brilliant. Here's a pic of the = worst UPS could do - the strings survived without a scratch. You can't = see it in this picture, but UPS actually broke the tube in two, then = taped it back together. Mike ----- Original Message -----=20 From:=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: 4/9/2005 9:19:12 AM=20 Subject: Re: Arledge bass strings.=20 In a message dated 4/9/05 1:45:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, = remoody@midstatesd.net writes: 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?? =20 !=20 Ric, Yeah, I thought the shipping method was great. I got a set of = monocords awhile back, and now I have this cool PVC tube to do = something(?) with. If I could fit it in my car, it would be a great = place to store my universals. =20 Unlikely to see any shipping damage on THOSE strings. Thumbs up on = the shipping method, and for the strings too. =20 Dave Stahl -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C53DAE.9B6C3150 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/26/60/f7/7d/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C53DAE.9B6C3150-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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