<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/15/04 3:29:04 PM Central Daylight Time, s.kabat@cs= uohio.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I'm refurbishing one of our fleet of Baldwin 7= 43 Hamilton-type uprights,<BR>with the university patina, n'est pas?, and I'= m debating whether or not<BR>to turn the bass strings.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></= DIV> <DIV>First question should be, do they need it? If you think they do, try on= e of the strings on one of the pianos, and see if there is a noticeable diff= erence. Then go from there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>Universit= y of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>