<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>We had one student (since gone to Royal Conservatory in London) who used to break 1 or 2 bass strings a week.  Now that he's gone, I'm down to 4 or 5 bass strings a month.  All Steinway Ls & Ms.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 4/16/2003 at 11:40 AM Wimblees@aol.com wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 4/16/03 10:20:10 AM Central Daylight Time, WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I do a pass through the practice rooms approx.<BR>once a week and place an order with Mapes. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>This is interesting. I've been here at UA for almost 2 years, and I have had two bass strings break. Either you guys have harder players, or I'm extremely lucky. How many bass strings to some of you replace per week/year?<BR><BR>Wim </FONT><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>