The problem I had with New England Piano String Co. is when I sent him my scaling data measured in 1/10th of an inch., they insisted that I recalulate in 1/16th of an inch. On a computer, decimals (1/10th increments) or metric is what computers lingo is. Now if they could obtain a Lufkin tape measure (#C9212) that measures in 1/10th of an inch I would not have to recalculate and they could read off my scale data without having to make a scale stick. They would not listen. I went ahead and recalculated and since then have not used them again. The quality of the bass strings were pretty decent though. My other question is why you think silver plated iron rules? They are not nearly the quality of copper. That is reason it is a good idea to rescale. Dave Peake, RPT Portland Chapter Oregon City, OR In a message dated 04/08/2000 6:20:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, caccola@net1plus.com writes: << Brian, We've been getting strings from New England Piano String in Medford, MA. Sal Augustino has no problem working from rescaling data. Though he lacks metric sizes, really this is just something to remember when working out the scale (print in inches :( ). I'd like to use a winder with iron and aluminum wraps available - does anyone know of any? Silver-plated iron would rule. Clark >>
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