<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I keep a full set of universals, and two of each smaller size (more = than once have I gone to a church and had both unisons of a note gone). I use = the bass string carrier sold by Schaff. It's kind of a hard cardboard case = with a couple of nylon ties. I keep them in my trunk. Very humid in Florida = here, but the truck get SOOOOOO HOT during the humid season, that I'm sure the relative humidity in the truck is very low. I have had some = strings for three years now, and there is a bit of tarnishing. I wish there was a = convenient way to seal a container and put some kind of water/humidity absorbing = material in there. Any ideas?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 23, 2001 = 7:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Universal Bass = String Deadness</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, = <BR>I am wondering how everyone stores their bass strings.I have my steel = strings in <BR>zip lock bags labeled by sizes. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Hazen = Bannister <BR>Western Carolinas Chapter</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>