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<DIV><SPAN class=793331822-11012005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don't =
necessarily
believe it. A string broke on a Bosendorfer with me before it got =
to
pitch. This one was a low bichord on a piano just over 10 years =
old.
Bosendorfer sent me a defective replacement from their string scale =
pattern at
first, and made me pay the shipping for the returning the original for
duplication when the one they sent was defective. I lost big money =
on that
one! Shipping at that time was about $50 each way plus the thirty
something for the string.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T.
Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A
href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Ken
Zahringer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 07, 2005 8:29 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>
College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Re: =
Imperial with
Breaking Bass Strings<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Garamond><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hey, Dave,<BR><BR>I =
don't have a
lot of experience with them, but I broke the bottom C string on ours =
the first
time I tuned it. The string cost $34 (from Boseendorfer) and I'm =
still
waiting for it. I could have had it shipped UPS from Austria for =
about
$150, but I decided to wait on the container.<BR><BR>I asked the =
dealer who
sold them this piano, who is also a technician, if he had any tips on =
tuning
the bottom extra notes. He said, "If you break the string, you =
were too
high." And there you have it.<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">-- <BR>Ken Zahringer, =
RPT<BR>Piano
Technician<BR>MU School of Music<BR>297 Fine Arts<BR>882-1202<BR>cell
489-7529<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>