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strings since school
started at the end of Sept&#8230; not too bad, considering. Most of =
this breakage is
in the piano major rooms where the pianos do get pounded on. Obviously =
I don&#8217;t
place an order with Mapes every week, though I =
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Wimblees@aol.com
[mailto:Wimblees@aol.com]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April =
16, 2003
11:40 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Bass string =
fest</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In a
message dated 4/16/03 10:20:10 AM Central Daylight Time, =
WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU
writes:<br>
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color=black
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I do a
pass through the practice rooms approx.<br>
once a week and place an order with Mapes. </span></font><font size=2
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<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 </span></font><font color=black><span =
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