Prices range from a low of about $3 per string to $8 per string. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:37 AM Subject: Re: restringing bass > What's the average/best cost for bass strings? I > would like to restring the bass section sometime soon > in my 1913 (sn37123) Ricca & Son upright (10 mono > notes, 17 bi notes) but I don't know if I have the > money right now. I am thinking about using the old > pins for now (cause i have to be cheap) so I know it > won't be very stable. The A1 string length is > approximately 56". > > --- Tom Dickson <td_tuner@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, Judy! > > > > Yes, tilters really work. > > > > I have an older one that I use all of the time. > > It works very well, and > > I tip a piano on my own. Mind you, I am 6'5" and > > well over 200 lbs. > > > > The tipping is not difficult, and probably the > > toughest part is the > > lowering or lifting in the last foot and a half or > > so when you have the > > weight of the piano on the handles. > > > > It is safe, and I also use a strap through the > > backposts and around the > > tilter frame to make sure the two stay together. > > > > The only incident I've ever had was my first > > piano tipping about 10 years > > ago. Someone had a jar of water in the bottom of > > the piano, and when I > > tilted the piano it all sloshed out the bottom of > > the piano on to the floor! > > Now, I always check the bottom, first! > > > > Sincerely, > > Tom Dickson, > > > > Regina, SK > > > > > > > > >From: jstuart1 <jstuart1@pdq.net> > > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > > >To: pianotech@ptg.org > > >Subject: Re: restringing bass > > >Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:08:42 -0500 > > > > > >I have seen tilters in the catalogs, do they really > > work and are they > > >safe? How many people does it take to tilt the > > piano up and back? I am > > >5'6 and 155 lb. > > > > > >Judy > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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