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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I agree, the shipping container is brilliant. Here's a pic of the worst UPS could do - the strings survived without a scratch. You can't see it in this picture, but UPS actually broke the tube in two, then taped it back together.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<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> 4/9/2005 9:19:12 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Arledge bass strings. </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/9/05 1:45:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, remoody@midstatesd.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I just got a set of bass strings I ordered from James Arledge. I wanted the<BR>tensions of the new strings but he said they were way under the breaking<BR>point of the of the core wire so I said go ahead and make them to your<BR>computations. I must say his method of shipping is the best I have seen.<BR>Imagine my surprise when I came home to find a four foot long 1-1/4" pvc<BR>pipe from UPS. Inside were my bass strings. The only complaint I have is<BR>he used thin walled so I can't cut it up and use it for piano rollers. The<BR>weight of the piano squashes them. Oh well,----I am not asking for a<BR>shipping rate increase but no way were those strings going to be damaged in<BR>as long as he ships them this way. What was it? 6.99 shipping and<BR>handling?? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Ric,</DIV>
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<DIV>Yeah, I thought the shipping method was great. I got a set of monocords awhile back, and now I have this cool PVC tube to do something(?) with. If I could fit it in my car, it would be a great place to store my universals. </DIV>
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<DIV>Unlikely to see any shipping damage on THOSE strings. Thumbs up on the shipping method, and for the strings too. </DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>