broken string in Ricca piano

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

Bruce Stevens is an excellent tech, you couldn't do much better than to have
him  helping you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: broken string in Ricca piano


> I'm not a technician yet, but I'm working on learning to be one (I'm not
> necessarily looking at it for a full-time position at this point,
> though).  Right now, though, I have to concentrate on college.  I do know
> Bruce Stevens and he has been a help to me sometimes.  When I do get
around
> to working on the piano, I'll probably be restringing, repinning,
> rehammering, and recovering the keys at the minimum.
>
> At 06:52 PM 11/3/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Stephen:
> >     Are you a technician?  You seem to know the right terminology.
> >     If not, I'd just call some local technician and have him replace the
> >string .  The supply houses can duplicate it for you.  If it is part of
> >a pair, duplicate both for better tone match.  Universal replacement
> >strings are also available, and many technicians have a set of these
> >with them.  The tone match isn't as good, though.
> >     I also recommend that the technician be a member of the Piano
> >Technician's Guild, and preferably a registered technician of the same.
> >They will know best how to take care of the problem.
> >     Good luck.
> >     Paul McCloud
>
>
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