This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That's why I told Wim (I think) that I would try and keep some kind of = track on this. I too am pretty sure that a couple of deadish ones were = ones that were "right out of the box" - nice and bright, shiny, etc. If = this is true, then perhaps the time spent in the trunk is not so = traumatic - because basically, if you can't keep the universal string = for a few years (so that you always have a replacement for those = emergencies, etc.) they would serve no point at all. That is their one = advantage - you can have a "?functioning?" bass string on the piano the = day you are called and there is only one service call involved. Those who do not use universals: Can I trust each installation of a = custom made string (when replacement is needed ASAP) sees two service = call billings? Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Maxpiano@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: Universal Bass String Deadness In a message dated 12/23/01 2:35:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, = Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: Now why in the world would a 6 - 8 month-old bass string in a box be = useless, and a 20 year old bass string on a piano be expected to sound = reasonably good?=20 In my experience, universals that I have had for years work OK. It is = the smaller diameter universal strings (even "right out of the box"), = such as #8 on up, that tend to be dead when I have installed them. My = guess has been that the problem lies in that universal strings have a = relatively larger core and relatively smaller winding wire than standard = strings, and that this thin winding then cannot grip the core properly = in the smaller diameter universals - hence they loosen in the process of = trimming and are dead when you tune them up. Bill Maxim, RPT Maxim Piano Service 212 Newpark Place Columbia, SC 29212-8666 (803) 732-9225, FAX (803) 732-2641 wmaxim@aol.com=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9c/16/5c/58/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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