Wim, a few more questions... >> 2. Why not splice the string? >I don't "do" splices. Never learned, and at my age, have no intension >of learning. Maybe you should put that on your business card... Willem Blees, RPT "I'm too old to learn anything new" I don't get it Wim. I see you every year at the national convention/institute. What do you do there? >> 3. Do you not keep a set of strings in your inventory? >This is the first time since I've been here that a bass string has >broken on a D. Not enough to justify paying for a whole set just to >sit around and get old and dead. Isn't that a lot like saying, "I haven't had a fire since I moved here, so I see no need for a local fire station?" I agree that older strings lose a "little" of their original quality, but what are we using them for - replacement in a used set. They are going next to old strings. They will fit in just as well, or better, than a new string. I have yet to experience a dead string from our replacement sets. _____________ Rick Florence Senior Piano Technician Arizona State University, School of Music
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