Gotcha! ;>) Thanks!!! Paul <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org 10/10/2008 07:30 PM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>"'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [CAUT] Bass string question</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Oops….that is to “hang” them (handling as little as possible.)   :>0 jeannie   <div align=center> <hr></div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeannie Grassi Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:31 PM To: 'College and University Technicians' Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bass string question   Hi Paul, I was always told to hand them if you can’t get to them right away. jeannie   <div align=center> <hr></div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 8:25 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Bass string question   Hi All, I'm rebuilding a "26 Steinway M and I just received my bass strings.  I'm not going to get to that part of it for some time(like a month or two). Question is; Is it bad for the strings to stay coiled up in the box, or should I get them out and hang them straight of lay them down straight? I usually get strings right when I need them and never thought about it until now. Thanks! Paul T. Williams RPT Piano Technician School of Music 5 Westbrook Bldg. University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 pwilliams4@unl.edu