Got some dough to blow, good prices on strings/hammers??

[Greg Newell]

Stephen,
         You seem somewhat serious in your endeavors in piano technology. 
Why not set up an account with the various supply houses yourself?

Greg


At 02:19 AM 5/8/2002, you wrote:
>It looks like I'll be financially able to restring my piano based on
>prices I heard several months ago, but I wanted to check on current
>prices.  What I want to know is:   What's the current price (if I order
>through an RPT that I know) of:
>a set of bass strings (I heard Mapes are good, what other good ones are
>there?), a set of tuning pins (probably 3/0 or 4/0 - according to the
>inch-pounds torque test (the little-finger-hitting-hammer-method)
>outlined in Randy Potter's book, my pins are in the ballpark of 40-70
>pounds or so, 12 sizes of treble wire (what's a good brand? I've heard
>names like Mapes, Roslau, etc.)?  Also, if I still have enough after
>that, what's the current rate to have rescaling done, and the current
>price on Ronsen or Renner 14lb upright hammers (27-note bass)?
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>   Stephen Airy
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