restringing bass

[Tony Caught]

Hi Terry,

I didn't notice something, what strings are you putting on ?

Normal practice is to take the strings off, keeping them in order then
sending them off to a string maker to be duplicated. Of course you can do a
job by using Universal bass strings but that is not as good and takes
longer.

Quote customer for two trips, set of bass strings plus % to cover postage
and profit margin, + set of oversize pins + 8 hours labour.

Before going find out time span for replacing strings so you can give
customer approx time of return.

Don't forget to mic. a pin so you can get the correct oversize.

Listen to all other advise.

Regards

Tony Caught

----- Original Message -----
From: pianolover 88 <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: restringing bass


> First, thanks to ALL who answered my last email about the D.C.!
>
> I have a customer who wants the bass section of her 1914 Howard upright
> re-strung, but I'm not sure i want to take on the task. There are 42 total
> bass strings; 10 mono/32bi-chords. I've left the original strings on so as
> not to overstress the 87 year old+ full upright, as i thought it would be
> safer to take off old, replace with new as i go. But even at only 10
minutes
> per string (old off-new on) it's gonna take over EIGHT HOURS!!! So i'm
> thinking maybe I should refer it to another tech who has done lots of this
> type stuff before. Thoughts?
>
> regards all!
>
> Terry Peterson
> Precision Piano Service
> Torrance, CA
>
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