<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007>Gee Joe, this is one of the shortest answers I've seen on this list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007>Now Richard, did you check the bass briege and apron condition? In a lot of cases the apron gets loose and the tone just die. If the structure is still intact, then you can try to get the strings off the hitch pins and shake them a bit and then give them a twist (same direction as the winding).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007>BUT... bass strings are like car tires, they don't last forever. Nothing can do the same job as replacing them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007>Marcel Carey, RPT</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078512813-22042007>Sherbrooke, QC</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT>s<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com href="mailto:rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com">Richard Morgan</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, April 22, 2007 6:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Enlivening bass strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif"> <DIV>I encountered a nice, very well-taken-care-of Remington upright last week.  The owner had the original bill of sale and loan papers showing payments, from 1920 or 1924 (can't remember now), when it was bought new in Nebraska.  It had not been tuned in 6 years or so, but had obviously been well-maintained before that--pitch was right at A=440, and it was easy to tune.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The bass stings, however, were dead.  Can someone point me to a resource for dealing with those strings?  It's not really a candidate yet for restringing, and I don't know that the customer would spring for that.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Richard Morgan</DIV></DIV><BR> <HR SIZE=1> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<BR>Check out <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM-">new cars at Yahoo! Autos.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>