Wrong String was "O" vs "M" Discussion

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello,

It is usual when marking strings or ordering them at Steinway, or for
instance anywhere I believe, to number the string beginning by 1 at
A0, and counting every string, not the note number.

This way you are sure to order the good string and not obliged to ask
left or right, or middle, too much confusing.
I use the same numbering when ordering to the string maker (cardboard
punching are fine to write the numbers on the good tuning pin in the
piano, so you don't loose time to check which string is the most
probable for which tuning pin)

Hope I understood the problem clearly.

Beside, if a wound string is dead, buy a new piano (if the ashtray is
full, change the car).

Regards.

Isaac O

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Alan R. Barnard
> Envoyé : mercredi 25 septembre 2002 18:44
> À : Pianotech
> Objet : Wrong String was "O" vs "M" Discussion
>
>
> Ordered wound string for a 1910 "O." It was for the D18
> bichord. This was
> the one where my customer insisted on a genuine Steinway
> string, so I
> ordered it through S&S--not knowing that Mapes makes their
> strings, anyway.
>
> The string came tagged S&S "O" String #30.
>
> I didn't spot the error until I installed the string and
> saw how short the
> wrap was, looking closer it was too thin also.
>
> Don't know if I ordered wrong or Steinway passed it along
> wrong or Mapes
> heard it wrong BUT ...
>
> The D30 on this "O" is a plain string trichord, so I assume
> all of them are
> this way--no wound strings on the tenor bridge.
>
> Even if there were wound strings as high as #30 in a
> Steinway, wouldn't they
> likely be quite thin and a trichord?
>
> So the question is, even if it was ordered wrong, wouldn't
> Mapes find the
> error when they looked up the specs in their S&S stringing
> scale records???
> How could they produce a wound #30 if the piano doesn't have one?
>
> Who, in your opinion gets stuck with the bill to make the
> correct (#18)
> string?
>
> This is NOT a rag on Mapes. I think they do a great job.
> But this deal went
> funky somewhere ...
>
> Alan R. Barnard
> Unstrung in Salem, MO
>
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