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<DIV><FONT size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Once you are set up to do the actual work, even a =
novice could
restring in an hour or so. I once did a complete bass section with a =
helper in a
half an hour. No big deal. I have all my pins ready at hand, tools all =
laid out
and wire partially laid out with the helper feeding me the wire and =
putting on
the hitch pins and thru the bridge pins.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>New products that may be incorporated in the next =
project are
bass strings from Arledge Music wire which require no twisting and =
Larudee
Lo-torq tunings pins. These are oversized pins but the head and coil =
sections
are 1/0 or 2/0. Should make my replacement time even =
faster!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>By the way, we just got back from a great convention =
in Reno
where I saw the above mentioned products. If you didn't go you missed a =
good
one. Even the hotel chow was great.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT<BR><A
href="mailto:josephspiano@home.com">josephspiano@home.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianolover88@hotmail.com
href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 13, 2001 =
7:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> restringing bass</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>First, thanks to ALL who answered my last email about =
the
D.C.!<BR><BR>I have a customer who wants the bass section of her 1914 =
Howard
upright <BR>re-strung, but I'm not sure i want to take on the task. =
There are
42 total <BR>bass strings; 10 mono/32bi-chords. I've left the original =
strings
on so as <BR>not to overstress the 87 year old+ full upright, as i =
thought it
would be <BR>safer to take off old, replace with new as i go. But even =
at only
10 minutes <BR>per string (old off-new on) it's gonna take over EIGHT =
HOURS!!!
So i'm <BR>thinking maybe I should refer it to another tech who has =
done lots
of this <BR>type stuff before. Thoughts?<BR><BR>regards =
all!<BR><BR>Terry
Peterson<BR>Precision Piano Service<BR>Torrance,
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