newbie question: stocking strings

[Richard Brekne]

Get a half kilo roll of sizes 13 to 21 and nice containers to keep them in.
Its not all that expensive really. Who knows.. you might even get into
restringing a whole piano.... for money even. :) In which case it will help
to have some string on hand.

You gots to spend monies to make monies.

Hey Conrad... How're the soybeans doing this winter ?

RicB


Charles Neuman wrote:

> I don't want to be one of those guys who doesn't fix broken strings. But
> where do you start, in terms of stocking treble strings? Should I really
> have every size (that's quite a big initial investment), or are there
> common sizes I should start with?
>
> Also, how bad is it to be about .003" off? That is, if I stocked sizes
> that are .005" apart, then I'd be plus or minus .0025" at most. I'm
> expecting some negative responses to that, but I like to hear them. I
> assume levelling is an issue, not to mention tone and tension. But for a
> cheap piano, does it matter really?
>
> Charles Neuman
> Long Island
>
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