Howdey Aaaah, just a few strings, maybe plain copper wire will do. Just puddemon nicentight, and refinishin the cabinet cant be that difficult, just spray on a couple o cans of black paint and presto: never mind this french polish stuff or whaddever, the old lady probably wont notice. Mr. M. Clyde Hollinger wrote: > > Friends: > > When I got home yesterday a note on my desk said, "Mrs. S, piano > strings" and included a phone number. I called Mrs. S, with whom I had > no former contact. Seems they bought a 1930's baby grand piano cheap, > and they wanted it to look better, so they took it to a furniture > refinishing man (I'll call him Mr. M, but she didn't give me his name) > because he would charge only $750 to refinish it. > > Some time later Mrs. S got a call from Mr. M, asking if she could get > him replacement piano strings. He had taken all the strings off the > piano, and some of them broke, but he assured her he could put them back > on if she could get him new ones. > > So Mrs. S is calling around, getting advice on what to do. She's > calling some good people and is getting a variety of responses. As far > as my feelings toward Mr. M go, I go back and forth between being > incredulous and furious. I don't know what he's thinking, but I bet he > lies awake at nights trying to figure a way out of this one! > > Care to respond? Did you ever run into something like this? > Fortunately, I am the uninvolved bystander, and I intend to keep it that > way! > > Regards, > > Clyde Hollinger, RPT > Lititz, PA -- ___________________________________________________________ J.G.A. van Riswick, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. mailto://j.g.a.v.riswick@tue.nl mailto://josvanr@xs4all.nl http://www.dse.nl/~josvanr
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