Bass String Coils

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello,

Yes some guys are amazing to look at, and if they have a little time
to joke or talk that is even better.
2 or 3 days with all due work is still very fast for sure.

Me to I used to forget to put back the dampers before, the tone is
definitively better with the ;>

Does he precut all the wire for a section ?

Nowadays when I talk about 2 stringing/week in was in the gold days,
alas things have changed some , generally, in the neighborhood.

Best Regards, David.

Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de David Andersen
> Envoye : jeudi 12 juin 2003 22:35
> A : oleg-i@wanadoo.fr, Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Bass String Coils
>
>
> on 6/12/03 2:32 AM, Isaac OLEG at oleg-i@wanadoo.fr wrote:
>
> > A good rebuilder here strings up to 2 pianos/week, and can change
> > strings/pins in a grand in some 20 hours work on site
> (dampers back,
> > chipped and tuned...)
>
> We've got a guy in LA, Mike Farnell, who's been doing
> onsite stringing for
> me for 20+ years---he's the best, and the fastest, stringer
> I've ever seen.
> On a small (6' and under grand, he can destring and string
> (not including
> other protocols like dampers, bridge pins, agraffes, capo
> bar) in 5 hours.
> That is not a misprint.  Now, as we get older and wiser, we
> do onsite work
> in two or even 3 days, because we do all these other
> protocols above and
> more.
>
> Plus, he's a great guy, funny as heck, weird as they come,
> which is just
> what I like....<g>
>
> David Andersen
>
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