Enlivening bass strings

[Farrell]

"BUT... bass strings are like car tires, they don't last forever."

And some sound like car tires......

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marcel Carey 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:32 AM
  Subject: RE: Enlivening bass strings


  Gee Joe, this is one of the shortest answers I've seen on this list.

  Now Richard, did you check the bass briege and apron condition? In a lot of cases the apron gets loose and the tone just die. If the structure is still intact, then you can try to get the strings off the hitch pins and shake them a bit and then give them a twist (same direction as the winding).

  BUT... bass strings are like car tires, they don't last forever. Nothing can do the same job as replacing them.

  Marcel Carey, RPT
  Sherbrooke, QC



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  Joe Goss RPT
  Mother Goose Tools
  imatunr at srvinet.com
  www.mothergoosetools.com
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Richard Morgan 
    To: pianotech at ptg.org 
    Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:07 AM
    Subject: Enlivening bass strings


    I encountered a nice, very well-taken-care-of Remington upright last week.  The owner had the original bill of sale and loan papers showing payments, from 1920 or 1924 (can't remember now), when it was bought new in Nebraska.  It had not been tuned in 6 years or so, but had obviously been well-maintained before that--pitch was right at A=440, and it was easy to tune.

    The bass stings, however, were dead.  Can someone point me to a resource for dealing with those strings?  It's not really a candidate yet for restringing, and I don't know that the customer would spring for that.

    Thanks,
    Richard Morgan


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