<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>I got this from a customer on the "ask the experts" list. Anyone have some advice I can pass on. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I know the Steinway L\'s high bass section is notorious for being problematic, but I am looking for advice from someone who has had success in getting an excellent transition from the B to the Bb - i.e. retaining the \"buzz\" from the C28 and B27 through to the Bb26 and A25 and minimising the sound that makes it painfully obvious they are short bass strings.<BR><BR>Just today I heard an old Steinway L that had the *exact* the tone I was looking for: the highest notes matched the low tenor extremely well, I was very surprised in fact. A full tone with some (good) buzz. I\'m fairly certain they were original strings.<BR><BR>So, I\'m assuming there must be someone out there who knows what I\'m talking about and has some advice for voicing the hammer to get this tone (as best as possible, at least).<BR>_______________________________________________</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>