<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>There was a time when they made great bass strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:40 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: New Bass Strings Buzzing</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yup,<BR>I don't buy Mapes wound strings.<BR><BR>Andrew<BR><BR>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><BR><BR></BODY></HTML>