Back in the late 1970s Horace Comstock said that Aeolian ran a cost sheet on reintroducing the screw stringer. They came to the conclusion that it was not economically feasible as a factory stringer can generally string 4 backs a day but the screw stringer would take 2 days to do one. I had one for several years and I thought 2 days was probably optimistic! dp David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Calin Tantareanu Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:23 AM To: mags@magsmusic.net; Pianotech Subject: Re: screw-stringers There were several types of screw stringers. Mason & Hamlin had one system, then there was the English company Brinsmead and a few others. I find the basic idea very good, Perhaps it was too much ahead of its time. Calin Tantareanu ---------------------------------------------------- http://calintantareanu.tripod.com ---------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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