Replacement Sonus Faber grille strings?


Hi guys, the grille and stand strings on my Sonus Faber Guaneri Evolution speakers are beginning to sag.  While I know its a straight forward task to retension the grille strings, I am just thinking that at some point I will need to replace the strings. The stand strings look a bit more difficult as it will require me to dismantle the stand.  

Of course I have no intention of paying the ridiculous prices SF wants to charge me.  So does anyone know of a source for the string?
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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?

I've been thinking about this for years.  This thread gave me the will to tighten by hand, and the fallback of buying new strings from Sumiko if something went wrong.  It's tedious, but with some good music...

Not sure if the string grilles work quite the same on other SF, but with Stradivarius, I simply inverted them so the "bottom" of the string grill was facing up.  Then, one by one, put a new knot in the string about 6-8" in.  Cut off the excess.  Inverted the grill so bottom is facing down.  Big visual improvement.

 

Contact https://finesounds.com/ and they will sell you the strings only for just the cost of shipping. They no longer have the metal brackets...

Spoke to FineSounds America - phone # (510)843-4500 yesterday regarding replacement grill strings for my Guarneri EVO. They asked to provide speakers serial number to verify the exact model and ordered the string kit part number KIM110001 free of charge for me. I pay only cost of shipping - the kit will come directly from Italy.

 

@krell303  Thanks for the info. I also spoke to Fine Sounds and sure enough the speaker grill strings are available. I also asked for the stand strings, which I am now going to be getting from Italy.  Not sure of the procedure to mount the strings onto the grills or the stands, but will be a work in progress.