Got some dough to blow, good prices on strings/hammers??

[Stephen Airy]

How would I do that?

On Wed, 08 May 2002 09:52:56 -0400, "Greg Newell"
<gnewell@ameritech.net> said:
> 
> Stephen,
>          You seem somewhat serious in your endeavors in piano
>          technology. 
> Why not set up an account with the various supply houses yourself?
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> At 02:19 AM 5/8/2002, you wrote:
> >It looks like I'll be financially able to restring my piano based on
> >prices I heard several months ago, but I wanted to check on current
> >prices.  What I want to know is:   What's the current price (if I order
> >through an RPT that I know) of:
> >a set of bass strings (I heard Mapes are good, what other good ones are
> >there?), a set of tuning pins (probably 3/0 or 4/0 - according to the
> >inch-pounds torque test (the little-finger-hitting-hammer-method)
> >outlined in Randy Potter's book, my pins are in the ballpark of 40-70
> >pounds or so, 12 sizes of treble wire (what's a good brand? I've heard
> >names like Mapes, Roslau, etc.)?  Also, if I still have enough after
> >that, what's the current rate to have rescaling done, and the current
> >price on Ronsen or Renner 14lb upright hammers (27-note bass)?
> >--
> >   Stephen Airy
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> >
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> 

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