A question about treble strings

[Isaac OLEG]

You can weight the piano before the stringing, then weight it again
after the stringing, or you could use a string dispenser that shows
you the length of string used, so the bill will be more precise.


Just a few ideas (Saturday night)

Isaac O


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Ron Nossaman
> Envoye : samedi 5 octobre 2002 20:03
> A : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: A question about treble strings
>
>
>
> >I've always had difficulty in judging the cost of treble
> wire used in
> >re-stringing a piano. Because certain sizes of wire run
> out before others
> >(the thicker ones, usually), one is never able to say
> "Well, if one has 1 lb
> >of wire in all the sizes from 13 though 22, one can
> restring x number of
> >pianos."
> >
> >I think if I knew the length of wire contained in 1 lb of
> each of the sizes
> >of piano wire, I could accurately figure out the cost of treble
> >re-stringing. Does anyone know where these specs. could be found?
> >
> >THanks,
> >Philp Newman, RPT
>
>
> It's about 0.25 pounds per cubic inch.
>
> Ron N
>
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