<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oh, I know Clyde. But I thought as long as he = had his flame suit on........ </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do the same thing (now here's a big admission folks) when talking to non-piano-sophisticated clients - I will = substitute the term "Steinway" for high-quality piano because of the name = recognition thing. Pathetic isn't it? But I have to say I don't use that term in = that manner when interacting with other piano professionals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sorry for what amounted to a cheap attack. I = snapped. That's about the meanest thing I do though.    = :-)    The other numerous bad things I do are mainly stupid.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde = Hollinger</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 26, 2003 = 6:53 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tubby bass string replacement tip</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Terry, just substitute "a high quality instrument" for "Steinway" and I think you'll get what Tom meant.  He just = mentioned Steinway because we are more likely to run into them.  Picking = that name to represent quality instruments seems logical to me.  I think he = was expecting to be flamed because of the idea of maybe leaving in the = piano a string of the wrong size. <P>Tom, are you aware that there are universal strings available = larger than #1?  Schaff has sizes 01 through 06 with outside diameters going = up to .194, but they are all single-wound for obvious reasons.  I = needed to use one only once.  It's no fun trying to remove windings of that = size to make it fit, believe me. <P>Regards, Clyde <P>Farrell wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT face=Arial>Tighten your flame suit collar. Would you do it = to a Mason & Hamlin? A Bosendorfer? A Bechstein? A remanufactured Behr = Bros? A remanufactured Wissner? A remanufactured Bush & Lane? A = remanufactured Weber? Why would you single out a Steinway & S<B><I>O</I></B>ns? = Do you have a Pierce Atlas? Check it out, there are/were more high-quality manufacturers than just Steinway & = S<B><I>O</I></B>ns.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message = -----</DIV><FONT face=Geneva><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=-1>I was called = in to tune the piano at a restaurant, and replace a bass string which had = broken.  The piano was a Story & Clark (Samick) and is full of false = beats in the treble and dead, tubby bass strings.  When I mic-ed the = broken string, I found that I did not have one that size.  It was = larger than a #1 Schaff universal replacement.  My original plan was = to replace the string with a universal and order a duplicate of the = original to replace the universal.  But not having a universal the = correct size, I thought I would just leave it as is, and return ASAP with = the dupe.</FONT></FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Geneva><FONT color=#000000><FONT = size=-1>Expecting flames from this one, I'd never do it on a Steinway, = honest,</FONT></FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Geneva><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=-1>Tom = Sivak</FONT></FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BO= DY></HTML>