<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></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>Thank you for addressing the subject.  I have a follow up question to the  string seating issue.</DIV> <DIV>Is there a logical sequence to seating the entire string including lifting or mating strings to hammers.</DIV> <DIV>My concern is tuning stability, ensuring that one step in the process doesn't decrease the effectiveness of future steps in the process.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is it preferrable to start at the bridge, tap at the contact points to the hitch pin, then work from the other side of the bridge all the way to the tuning pin, then mate or lift strings?  Should we mate strings first, then proceed from the ends to the bridge?  Should the mating be inserted in the middle of the process?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ideas????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruce Pennington</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's Tax Time! <A title="http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001" href="http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001" target="_blank">Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance.</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>