<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Best bass strings</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hey, Paul, If the truth be told, there are probably 2 or 3 makers clustered at the top of the industry, and it probably doesn’t matter which one of them you use.  That said, I think James Arledge knows more about making bass strings than anyone else around, and I use his strings exclusively. Regards, Ken Z. On 11/3/06 9:57 AM, "Paul T Williams" <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> Greetings list: I am rebuilding a 1934 Steinway L that was donated to the university.  The new Bolduc pinblock is nearly completed and I want to put very nice bass strings on it.  I would like to get  your collective opinions of the best bass strings on the market today.  This is going to be an excellent piano for one of our piano faculty. Thanks for your input. Paul T. Williams RPT University of Nebraska-Lincoln pwilliams4@unl.edu </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music </BODY> </HTML>