Only one bass string scale for the M&H AA?

[Farrell]

Not so Dale. At least not with David Sanderson. I don't know what GC or Ari
Isacc charge for their strings, but the last job I did on a small (really
small - 55 wound strings!) grand cost $440 for the Sanderson set. I looked
up in the catalog and see that I could have gotten by with $180 for a Schaff
set of strings. Although, I guess it would actually have been $24 less,
because I would have had 8 fewer wound strings from Schaff. I always have
David rescale my pianos and on this particular one, he added four bicord
wound notes (8 strings).

So, I guess the premium do cost more - perhaps up to about $260 more. BUT,
your point is still valid. These strings sound WAY better. They match sooooo
well and are so smooth. He does perfect lengths every time (only one time
did he make a boo-boo - started the winding in the wrong place on one
string - I had the replacement within 24 hours with one phone call).

IMHO, with the final results firmly in mind, it is still a small difference
in price to pay for a BIG difference in the quality of your product. I guess
one just needs to look at the overall quality of their work, and pick a
supplier that is consistent with it.   ;-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erwinpiano" <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Only one bass string scale for the M&H AA?


> Hi Bill
>
>    Try the no. one string maker.  I hear that happens to schaff strings
> alot! or there out of order or whatever.Truth is that quality parts are
the
> cheapest part of the rebuild.  whats the difference in cost between the
low
> end string and the high end string? $50 right. Now, what's the difference
in
> cost if you have the problem you just described? Answer. About twice as
much
> as the set cost in the first place when all your time and frustration are
> factored in and guess what ? they still don't sound as good.
>
>   Have a nice day
>
> Dale Erwin
>
>
>