Piano strings where to buy

A full set of bass strings for uprights or small grand pianos smaller than 7 feet in length. This is a custom item, so we will need you to call or email us to get specific instructions on getting us the correct measurements so we can have the correct strings made for your piano. The best thing would be for you to send the old strings for duplication for the best results.

The price listed is the price per string. When ordering put the number of strings that you need in the quantity box. This listing is only for a full set of 37 or more strings.

Current Stock:. Quantity: Decrease Quantity: Increase Quantity:. Frequently bought together:. Select all Add selected to cart. Description Description A full set of bass strings for uprights or small grand pianos smaller than 7 feet in length. It doesn't matter if strings are missing. For full sets this is the lowest or 1 string path. This distance is entered in the box.

If not sure how to measure in millimeters, watch the video below. A barely visable bend and or mark on the string represents this upper termination point. This bend and or mark results from contact with the agraffe, or capo bar and or guide pin.

Measure the string path inside the piano, not the actual string. This measurement is also used to calculate the price. It is not necessary to measure all the strings. Before he retired, I always got bass strings made by John Delacour. There are interesting technical articles on John's website, illustrated with clear photographs, covering a number of different aspects of piano repair. If you are mathematically inclined and want to know more about how piano string scales are calculated, John has an article on that too.

Recently I have ordered bass strings from another very experienced string maker, Mr Barney Unwin. There are some explanatory photos of string features on his website. Piano bass string makers do not supply to the public. Questions about bass strings should be addressed to your piano technician, not to string makers.

New bass strings are shiny and visually pleasing. Compare some old and new:. This PDF article describes and illustrates bass string replacement:. David Boyce Piano Services. Mozart Sonata 11 Alla Turca. Strings are not the problem: If the tone of a piano has deteriorated, this is never due to changes only in the strings.

Other significant factors include: 1 Changes in the hammers: Wear to a piano's hammers substantially changes the tone long before strings deteriorate. A Special Case: Performance Pianos Professional performance pianos such as concert grands in concert halls, and grands in recording studios or music conservatories, are a special case. A question was posed about improving the finish on a soundboard and this led to thoughts on re-stringing: Piano technician and rebuilder David Love , working in the San Francisco Bay area notes: I think the point is that a proper restringing is much more than putting on strings.

Generally speaking I would always include at least the following: Remove original bridge pins, resurface bridge top, renotch and repin. Check and repair soundboard cracks, rib separations if you are not replacing the board , inspect and test rim joint. Reshape capo bar as needed and replace agraffes. Check and reset downbearing if necessary.

Refinish plate, replace lettering. Inspect pinblock and determine if it is reusable. I will allow one restringing on the original block but not two.

Scrape and refinish soundboard, replace decal if there is one. The replacement of strings does not adequately address the issues on older pianos. A new plain wire string itself will not generally create much improvement in tone bass strings do, of course. You notice that when you replace a broken string in the plain wire section you can't really tell any difference between the new and the old. Of course if the strings are corroded you will see an improvement in rendering and if they are heavily corroded you find some better clarity and a cleaner wave form for tuning.

What does make a difference is cleaning up the terminations which includes capo bar, agraffes and bridge. If the customer doesn't want to pay you for anything other than restringing the piano, you might consider opting out of this job. I've had several people recently who wanted me to only restring the piano and I've flatly refused. Experience has told me that it's a waste of my time and a waste of their money.

I service too many of these supposedly "rebuilt" pianos where many of the steps David Love listed for properly restringing a piano were skipped and the results are always less than desirable. Promo 11 bass string replacement from David Boyce.