breaking strings

[Farrell]

About $650 for the best strings (I use Sanderson), rescaled (Sanderson
also), and tuning pins.

Oh, and while you have the strings off, check the bridge pins. Ooops, loose
eigh? Cracks in bridge also? Hmmm, might as well recap bridge then - that
will allow you to set your downbearing optimally. 'Course, while you got all
that apart - 90 year old piano? - sounds like time for a Bolduc or Gravagne
soundboard. And certainly you don't want your tuning pins to pull out after
two months! Might as well replace that old pinblock and tighten up the frame
at the same time! Now you've got a restringing job!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: breaking strings


> After 3 broken strings in 6 months, I think the time
> has come to consider restringing my piano.  What do
> you guys think would be the approximate cost (if I do
> the labor) for restringing my piano?  There are 10
> double-wrapped wound strings  (monochords), 17 wrapped
> bichords, and the rest of the 88 notes on my 56"
> upright are plain wire trichord unisons.
>
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