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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Don Wigent here, I don’t have that problem,
they are not breaking. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Don <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ben Treuhaft<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> gfrank@yamaha.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] Yarmulka u1 bass
strings constantly breaking</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>dear Collegiate and Universitarianistic tuners, here at
New York University we have about 50 newish u1s, none over 10 yrs old and most
younger than 5. They break bass stgs. Yamaha claims that happens with
every other make of upright in a music school setting. I do not believe
them. Most of our u1s have over 1/2 dozen missing or replaced bass
strings (treble never break). Questions:<br>
1) has anyone else come across this problem on U1s? Is it truly a
universal university problem for other makes e.g. Steinway K?<br>
2) is there a fix, e.g. get Mapes to produce a set of lower-tension strings,
and replace them all? What would one say to Mapes?
thanks, Ben<br>
or failing all that, how about a recommendation of an
affordable upright that doesn</span></font><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>’</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>t break
all the bass strings<br>
</span></font><b><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>Benjamin Treuhaft<br>
</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>Underwater Piano Shop<br>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>39 E. 7th St. #3<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>(212) 505-3173<br>
</span></b><u><font color="#2800ff"><span style='color:#2800FF'>BLT@igc.org</span></font></u></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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