Replacement Sonus Faber grille strings?

GUARNERI HOMAGE GRILL STRINGS- (used to be) $600 PLUS SHIPPING- special order from Italy.
I GAVE UP AND REMOVED THEM. THEY DO LOOK NICE, THOUGH.
BUT if they don't provide any protection at all, and they don't last at all,
it's really nuts- unless someone invents a regular cover replacement that fits onto the speaker. I don't care if it blocks .01% of the upper frequencies.

@french_fries I think that price from SF was for the material only, then you had to have someone string them...another crazy cost!
I certainly hope someone would invent a grill replacement that would fit on the speaker. I have been recently tightening up all of my strings, wth some success...BUT this is a temporary fix! Who knows what happens once the strings on the stands begin to fail...I hate to think! Like I stated in my prior post, these strings look good, BUT IMO they are a severe design flaw due to their aging factors!

I tighten mine once like 6 years ago, it got lose again. Just don't pay attention too much. They should have just sold the strings and let us do the re-stringing by ourselves.

I paid attention that many audio companies do not last for a long time. Most of them come and go. In the 80s, I bought top of the line Celestion SL700SE, then they stopped making high end speakers, then I bought Sonus Faber, now they are not the same company like before. Pay attention, there are many other companies like that. 

Boy, do I have great news for Sonus Faber fans:

The Elipsa grille kit is $80.00 plus shipping costs. The part number is SON9940033. If you would like to order the grille kit please fill out the online Parts Request form: https://airtable.com/shrCYsyBO4Rt0ovXI. If you have any questions, please let me know.

A fair and reasonable sum.  Received this from Sumiko USA today.  

I dunno if the dealer was just ripping his customer, or Sumiko was charging a far different amount in days past.  

I'd always hoped that U$1000 price was urban myth.   In any event, those who have saggy grilles but like the look, these kits are available for quite a reasonable amount.

And I’ll add a bit more data on the elastic string topic. I have a pair of Cremona Ms and a Cremona Center. Yes, Sumiko is offering pre-cut strings for these speakers at a reasonable price:
- Cremona M pre-cut strings $70/speaker (Part SON9940117)
- Cremona Center pre-cut strings $50/speaker (Part SON9940078)

I received and installed them and it was a piece of cake, if a bit time consuming. I pulled off the top and bottom brackets, then cut and removed the old strings and laid the brackets left-right on a table. It’s a simple matter to thread a string through one bracket, then the other bracket, a short U-turn down the next hole and back to the first bracket’s next hole. That is, each string is double length and makes two lines. Then you just tie off the two ends in a single knot.

One trick is to hold the brackets vertical on the table with something; I used two spring clamps. Of course the other trick is to do it all loosely so you’re not dealing with tension.

Now the speakers are like new and good for another . . . hmmm, how many years?