<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew - Why use "universal" strings? = They turn out to be time-consuming to trim to length and are individually more = expensive than "bespoke" new strings. You'll get all the practice you need in = replacing bass covered strings by simply putting on a set of proper bass = strings! And YES you must remove the action for this re-stringing - = you'll damage the dampers otherwise and tie yourself in knots dodging the = action parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 09, 2005 = 6:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Spinet Bass = String</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will be practicing bass string replacement on a spinet (using = universal strings).  Is it necessary to take the action out like I would in = a upright, or can I just go for it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!<BR><BR>Matthew</DIV> <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection = around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>