<WBR>The owner of the store is willing to put on new strings. But even if I replace just the few that are bothering him, what happens if he still doesn't like it? I guess, to answer my own question, it's voicing time. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Wim<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu><br> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 9:18 am<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] bass strings<br> <br> </div> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_925e9f4c-3fcc-4932-8760-f6e095939a9e> <STYLE></STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wim,</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’d ask Bruce Clark (M&H). I’ve watched them at M&H put on a bass string, or set, then immediately listen to/critique it. If they don’t like what they hear they make more strings “on the spot” until they do like it. I was quite impressed with their “finickiness”. Bruce is a stickler for a good bass, even though he still disagrees with Del’s and Ron’s ideas of “backscale”, cantilevers and such. (go figure)</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regard,</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim Busby BYU</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Willem Blees<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:43 PM<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A><br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [CAUT] bass strings</SPAN></FONT></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A new customer bought a new M&H AA in August. When I tuned it yesterday, he complained about some tone problems in the last 7 bass notes, (G2 - B2). I was able to voice some of the problems away, but a couple of notes still bothered him. I asked that he play the piano for a while to see if the notes in question would get better with playing. The apartment in which he lives is small, and the piano sits next to an open window, which is very common here. <br> <br> I don't hear what he is complaining about. So perhaps it is one of perception, more than actual sound. He noticed that the winding on some of the strings are a little different than on other strings. The best way I can describe it is that the windings look like they were "crushed" ever so slightly. You can see it only when you look at the strings at an angle, with the light from the window shining on the strings. <br> <br> Would that cause the strings to have a different tone? </SPAN></FONT></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> <A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank>www.pianotuning.com</A></SPAN></FONT></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More new features than ever. 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