<HTML>In a message dated 2/5/02 4:25:43 AM !!!First Boot!!!, RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">And an appetite - Filamentus carnivori. Del claims a blood sacrifice improves the tone, but the scarcity of "un-christened" wire installation has to date prevented an objective heads up comparison, so the claim remains inconclusive. </BLOCKQUOTE> I can't vouch for the tone, but it's a bear to get dried up blood off a strung soundboard. Wim </HTML>