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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Patrick:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Contact Pianotek and get the order number
and have them replace the ones that are buzzing. They are defective. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>AlliedPianoCraft<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:31
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: New Bass Strings
Buzzing</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There was a time when they made
great bass strings.</span></font></p>
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title="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net CTRL + Click to follow link">Andrew and
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Re: New Bass Strings Buzzing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yup,<br>
I don't buy Mapes wound strings.<br>
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Andrew<br>
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At 10:20 AM 5/15/2008, you wrote:<br>
>Last summer I restrung a 5' Hazelton grand using Mapes bass strings <br>
>which I ordered through Pianotek. Since then the monochords have <br>
>developed loose winding buzzing. I have taken them off and twisted <br>
>them 3 times now, and when I come back to retune the buzzing has <br>
>returned. I have had an occasional problem with a new string before <br>
>which usually is remedied by twisting the string, but nothing as <br>
>persistent as this. My guess is that the strings weren't swedged <br>
>properly. Anyone else had this problem before, particularly with Mapes?<br>
>Thanks,<br>
>Patrick C. Poulson<br>
>Registered Piano Technician<br>
>Piano Technicians Guild<br>
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