Yamaha spins their strings in "reverse" from most everybody else. No worries though, they sound the same regardless of the direction of the winding. Mark Wisner -----Original Message----- >From: CHARLES BECKER <cbeckercpt at verizon.net> >Sent: May 9, 2009 11:37 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] String Guarantee Issues > >On the topic of bass strings..... > >I installed a single bass string on a P22 only to discover that the winding >went in the opposite direction from the factory strings. This is my first >instance of this in twenty years. Sounds good now. Any future issues to >be aware of? >Could this string have been wound by a southpaw? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net> >To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 1:51 PM >Subject: Re: [pianotech] String Guarantee Issues > > >> Patrick, >> >> I'm not Dean, but let me tell you why I made the same switch: >> >> 1. When I reached the point in my explorations of rescaling that I wanted >> to specify the dimensions of a set of bass strings, Mapes became >> uninterested in selling to me. Samples or nothing. >> >> 2. Mapes had been doing a good job on single replacement string orders, >> but one time messed up on the winding length. In order to get a free >> replacement, they insisted I ship the faulty string back at my expense. >> >> Even the least expensive source of bass strings isn't a bargain. Might as >> well pay enough to get good service. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> Patrick Poulson wrote: >>> Dean: For your information, and others, the string maker I used was >>> Mapes. They huve usually been a reliable source, and I surprised to find >>> these strings going bad so quickly. Somebody must have had a bad day in >>> the shop. I think, looking in retrospect, my mistake was to try to >>> salvage the strings rather than immediatley return them. I gather that >>> you switched to Arledge because of quality problems with other string >>> makers - Mapes included? >>> Patrick >>> >>> >> >> > > >
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