Bass String Replacement

[Tom Myler]

> When replacing just the bass strings on a KG-2C, how many strings do you
feel
> comfortable with letting down at one time?
> Let them all down at the same time, and replace them all in one shot? Or,

> replace an octave or so at a time to even out the tension?
> Is it really necessary to be overly cautious in this regards?
> What's your experience with only bass string replacements in a grand?
> Thank you,
> John Piesik, RPT
>      Carlsbad, CA


All at once is fine on a decent-quality instrument.  However:  even though
being "overly" cautious almost certainly
doesn't do any good, it can't possibly do any harm, either.   I usually
lower/replace/restore tension half of the bass strings, then do the other
half.   *Even though I know it isn't necessary*,   I just feel more
comfortable doing it this way, and it adds little or no appreciable time to
the job.

BTW, I agree with the tech who advised wholesale string removal only after
the replacements are in hand.  I have had the pleasure of receiving the
wrong strings (mis-tagged) from the *manufacturer* of a piano which was
still being made.  (The owner had spilled purple something into her 10 year
old grand, killing most of the bass strings.  She said it was Coke --
looked like Sloe Gin to me.   And no, that errant manufacturer/string
supplier wasn't Kawai.)

Regards,

Myler, Tom

"Perhaps the greatest wisdom is the knowledge
of one's own ignorance"

                                 John Steinbeck