Can you sell me some piano wire?

Thomas Cole tcole@cruzio.com
Mon, 03 May 2004 17:55:33 -0700


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My ex-wife uses copper-wound bass strings to keep the snails off her 
plants. (Keeps the tigers away, too!)

But, no, haven't gotten the call for a throttle cable replacement yet.

Tom Cole

Dave Smith wrote:

> I had a call today from a guy who wanted to buy come pianos 
> wire....about 36".   I asked him what size, he didnt know.  Told him 
> that his piano would care what size the replacement wire is, and he 
> said it wasnt for a piano.  Right.
>  
> I agreed to give him some wire just for goodwill. He showed up with a 
> lawn mower throttle cable with the internal wire corroded  and 
> broken.  Number 13 piano wire.  I gave him about 6 feet of wire and 
> told him to tell any of his friends who have pianos about me.    Gave 
> me a dollar anyway.
>  
> You all have probably helped fix throttle cables yourselves, but I 
> thought this was worth sharing.   
>  
> What a job!
>  
> Dave Smith]
> SW FL


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