Oh... I here ya on that one. I had that happen one time, and that was all it took! After that I would keep the old string at the shop, and when the new one arrives I check the length against the old one before I even call the customer to set up an appointment. Shawn ----- Original Message ----- From: Will Truitt To: 'Pianotech List' Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: RE: Best Bass String Duplication? I would be interested in a good supplier, too. I gave up on Schaff for single replacements because I would send them measurements that they would ignore or could not read. Don't you just love it when you get to the customer's house, set the replacement string on the bridges and find out that the winding goes 4 to 6 inches past the agraffe? I've had multiple strings that were all wrong in this way from the same ordering, and it has happened more than once. And sadly, not just from Schaff either. Will Truitt From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Best Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:51 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Best Bass String Duplication? I've had really good luck with Arledge Piano wire. I like their system of filling out a form with measurements rather than shipping the strings if you want to keep the piano in service: www.pianostrings.com Jonathan Best jb at bubblemusic.com 928-830-4887 www.bubblemusic.com On Jun 12, 2008, at 9:07 AM, kurt baxter wrote: I need a single replacement bass string, I have the old string to copy. Does anyone have a favorite bass string source? I have personally had buzzing strings from Shaff, and have heard of buzzing strings from Pianotek, so is there anyone better for similar money? What about turn around time? Kurt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080612/6946c771/attachment-0001.html
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