restringing bass

[Stephen Airy]

What's the average/best cost for bass strings?  I
would like to restring the bass section sometime soon
in my 1913 (sn37123) Ricca & Son upright (10 mono
notes, 17 bi notes) but I don't know if I have the
money right now.  I am thinking about using the old
pins for now (cause i have to be cheap) so I know it
won't be very stable.  The A1 string length is
approximately 56".

--- Tom Dickson <td_tuner@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Judy!
> 
>    Yes, tilters really work.
> 
>    I have an older one that I use all of the time. 
> It works very well, and 
> I tip a piano on my own.  Mind you, I am 6'5" and
> well over 200 lbs.
> 
>    The tipping is not difficult, and probably the
> toughest part is the 
> lowering or lifting in the last foot and a half or
> so when you have the 
> weight of the piano on the handles.
> 
>    It is safe, and I also use a strap through the
> backposts and around the 
> tilter frame to make sure the two stay together.
> 
>    The only incident I've ever had was my first
> piano tipping about 10 years 
> ago.  Someone had a jar of water in the bottom of
> the piano, and when I 
> tilted the piano it all sloshed out the bottom of
> the piano on to the floor! 
>   Now, I always check the bottom, first!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Tom Dickson,
> 
> Regina, SK
> 
> 
> 
> >From: jstuart1 <jstuart1@pdq.net>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >Subject: Re: restringing bass
> >Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:08:42 -0500
> >
> >I have seen tilters in the catalogs, do they really
> work and are they
> >safe? How many people does it take to tilt the
> piano up and back? I am
> >5'6 and 155 lb.
> >
> >Judy
> >
> 
>
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