<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Yes, gage makes a difference.  At tuning school, I was playing one of the pianos in the tuning caves. (a name we called the booths where you practice tuning) C76 sounded awful. It was different somehow and even though it was in tune, it didnt match in timbre of the other notes in that area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Here, one of the tuning students had broken the string, and replaced it with a string about 2 sizes larger than required. This was one of those things that I was fortuate enough as a student to see what NOT to do.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA  </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/6/2006 8:47:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, Erwinspiano@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>of a C-7 I once strung change dramatically by a simple 1/2 wire size <BR>> increase. ........................   <BR>>     It was a long time ago.  I was trying to beef up the sound.  It did, <BR>> but I didnt' like the overall tonal pallete as much. Live & string<BR>>   Dale</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>