This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Oh, I know Clyde. But I thought as long as he had his flame suit = on........=20 I do the same thing (now here's a big admission folks) when talking to = non-piano-sophisticated clients - I will substitute the term "Steinway" = for high-quality piano because of the name recognition thing. Pathetic = isn't it? But I have to say I don't use that term in that manner when = interacting with other piano professionals. Sorry for what amounted to a cheap attack. I snapped. That's about the = meanest thing I do though. :-) The other numerous bad things I do = are mainly stupid. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 6:53 AM Subject: Re: tubby bass string replacement tip Terry, just substitute "a high quality instrument" for "Steinway" and = I think you'll get what Tom meant. He just mentioned Steinway because = we are more likely to run into them. Picking that name to represent = quality instruments seems logical to me. I think he was expecting to be = flamed because of the idea of maybe leaving in the piano a string of the = wrong size.=20 Tom, are you aware that there are universal strings available larger = than #1? Schaff has sizes 01 through 06 with outside diameters going up = to .194, but they are all single-wound for obvious reasons. I needed to = use one only once. It's no fun trying to remove windings of that size = to make it fit, believe me.=20 Regards, Clyde=20 Farrell wrote:=20 Tighten your flame suit collar. Would you do it to a Mason & Hamlin? = A Bosendorfer? A Bechstein? A remanufactured Behr Bros? A remanufactured = Wissner? A remanufactured Bush & Lane? A remanufactured Weber? Why would = you single out a Steinway & SOns? Do you have a Pierce Atlas? Check it = out, there are/were more high-quality manufacturers than just Steinway & = SOns. Terry Farrell=20 ----- Original Message ----- I was called in to tune the piano at a restaurant, and replace a = bass string which had broken. The piano was a Story & Clark (Samick) = and is full of false beats in the treble and dead, tubby bass strings. = When I mic-ed the broken string, I found that I did not have one that = size. It was larger than a #1 Schaff universal replacement. My = original plan was to replace the string with a universal and order a = duplicate of the original to replace the universal. But not having a = universal the correct size, I thought I would just leave it as is, and = return ASAP with the dupe.=20 Expecting flames from this one, I'd never do it on a Steinway, = honest,=20 Tom Sivak ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b0/d3/f6/81/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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