<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:50 AM, <A href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">P. S. Replacing the bass strings was expensive.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The upside to this tale is that we decided to restring the entire instrument (which I had never done on a piano this "young").<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The only thing we did while the strings were off was to spend a few minutes polishing the capo bar.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>WOW, what a difference for the better that made!<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Who would have thunk it?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Not me, at least not prior to that experience.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">ae</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Tha capo area tone can undergo a radical positive change with proper profiling and polishing; many times we just restring the capo area (the top two treble sections) on a performance piano---and "V-out" the capo bar---file it to make the termination area narrower---and then polish it to make sure the string cuts in the soft metal are gone.</DIV><DIV>Lift, level, and stabilize the new strings, and the piano sings in the money area---the Holy Grail of every good player.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David "Always an Apprentice" Andersen </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>