<HTML>In a message dated 10/6/02 9:44:53 PM Central Daylight Time, Tvak@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If anyone has an idea, I'd be interested to understand why one perfectly good brand new string vibrates better than the one right next to it. Tom Sivak </BLOCKQUOTE> Tom As Jon indicated, it has nothing to do with the strings. It is a voicing problem. Unless this is a Steinway, the best way to get more sustain out of these hammers is to deep needle at about 10 and 2 o'clock. To get more equal sustain in the 5th and 6th octaves, as a sample I use a note just past where the dampers end. Using a sharp blow, listen for the sustain. To get that same sound, I use the sustonuto to hold up the last 6 - 10 dampers, and give each note the same sharp blow. I voice each hammer to get the same sustain on all of these notes. Wim </HTML>