Missing bass string

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Fri, 04 Apr 1997 07:25:55 -0500
> From:          ted@palmnet.net (Ted Simmons)
> Subject:       Missing bass string
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

Ted,

Using the various methods already stated on the list, you could
remove the action screws and tip the action back enough to gain
access.

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA

> I tuned an Acrosonic spinet yesterday that had a bass string missing and it
> wasn't stored at the bottom of the piano as is often found..  The owner
> wanted a replacement and not a universal installed.  It's an older
> Acrosonic and Baldwin doesn't have the scale for it so they sent what they
> thought would work.  It didn't.  Does anyone have an accurate way to take
> measurements to order a new string?  I don't want to remove the action and
> I can't get a steel roll-up tape measure past the dampers.
>
> Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL
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ilvey, RPT
Pacifica, CA