<html> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" /> </head> <body id="role_body" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7"><font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>Warranty issues are best handled through the manufacturer, which you did.   Can't go wrong with a Yamaha made string...<br /><br />David Ilvedson, RPT<br />Pacifica, CA 94044<br /><br /> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr />Original message<br />From: PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com<br />To: pianotech@ptg.org<br />Received: 1/23/2007 3:01:10 PM<br />Subject: Bass string question<br /><br /><font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>I had to replace a bass string that snapped while my customer played on his 2005 Yamaha U1.</div> <div>I got the replacement string from the Yamaha company instead of  calling in the measurements to </div> <div>Mapes. The new string sounds very good -- it's a bichord string. Do you think it's a better replacement </div> <div>than a Mapes replacement, and if so, why?</div> <div> </div> <div>Jesse Gitnik</div> <div>Flushing, NY</div></font> </div> </div></font> </body> </html>