I always use the very best parts I can find on my own stuff. But, if it's a customer's piano, I let THEM choose the parts! Thump --- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> wrote: > > >Hi all > > > >Here is a hypothetical question: Is it worth > putting high quality strings > >on a low quality baby grand? And like wise, is it > worth putting high > >quality hammers on a low quality baby grand? > Specifically, would there be > >a noticable difference in the sound quality or > would it just be a waste of > >money? > > > >Ned Swift > > Hi Ned, > Do you want to stock low quality strings to reserve > for low quality pianos, > as well as high quality strings for the good ones? > I'd sure like to listen > in on that phone call when you ask the supply house > if they have any low > quality strings you can buy cheap. <G> For plain > wire, just buy the good > stuff and use it on everything. Bass strings are a > little different. It > mostly depends on where you draw the line defining > what is exceptionally > good quality, what is adequate quality, and what is > unusable. Adequate > quality should be usable on anything, as could > exceptionally good quality. > If the exceptional quality strings don't give you > results that are > significantly better than the adequate quality > strings on the good pianos > you've tried them on, then you might not consider > them worth the added > price. Then you have to consider what is being done > to the low quality > grand. Some "low quality" grands (by name and > general consensus) can be > high quality grands with the right work. It's the > same thing with hammers. > You need to define what you have to work with (piano > and budget), what you > intend to do with (or to) it, and what you expect it > to be as a result of > your work. > > I think most folks tend to approach rebuilding as a > list of things they can > do to the piano to improve it. I've found it helpful > to look at it as a > list of things that would improve the piano that > AREN'T being done. It's > often a much more telling list. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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