Bass String Installation and THANKS

[david@davidandersenpianos.com]

>
> Good morning,
>
> ed440@mindspring.com wrote "Ask them!" when I wondered why James Arledge
> suggests only replacing four strings at a time.  DUH!  I shoulda thought
> of
> that!  So I did, (ask him, that is,) and he responded quickly enough, too!
>
> He wrote that he suggests it because it upsets the tension which upsets
> the
> tuning  of the rest of the piano much less if you only remove 4 at a time.
>
> But I figure I'm gonna tune it anyway!  I believe I even included 3
> tunings in
> the bid.  And I really wanna get a chance to clean the areas that'll be
> more
> exposed when I take all the strings off.
>
> If I haven't said it enough... Many thanks to all of you who contribute to
> this list.  I'm an Associate in an area where our ONE RPT is retired and I
> don't like to bug him too much, so I don't really have an immediate
> resource
> to ask questions of.  I have the Journal CDs and the Technical and Tuning
> Exam
> Source books.  I'm taking the Potter Course, and Ward Guthrie lives only
> 90
> miles away.  But you folks offer sometimes more immediate help AND a real
> variety of perspectives.  I really appreciate you.  You're all likely to
> be a
> big help in me acheiving my goal of RPT this year, not to mention my
> continuing education as time goes by.
>
> I don't want to merely be a taker here, though.  I hope I'll be able to
> contribute from time to time as well.

Your gratitude, humility, decency, and excitement about the work are
plenty of contributions.
Keep it rolling...
David Andersen
>
> Thank you again.
Thank YOU.

> John Dorr
> Helena, Montana