Restringing Baldwin

[David ilvedson]

List,

My local concert organization, which has had an on going piano 
fund for about 10 years, just made the big purchase on a Baldwin 
Concert Grand.  SB6, #190965.  $12,000.00, which I felt was a 
pretty good price.  It is a very solid, well built instrument 
but the iron wound strings are dead and I expect to restring it 
in the next few months.  I have always used Mapes for my bass 
strings but I have noticed other people swearing by different 
folks.  Question?  If you were restringing a concert grand and 
wanted the finest that money can buy what/who would you use and 
why? 

Thanks in advance
ilvey
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@a.crl.com