<!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 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the subject of the bass tri-chords in some of the vitage Chickerings, sorry I do not know the exact models, I have one or two I take care of with problems in this area. Very small gauge tri-chord notes with strings breaking. The wires break sometimes mid span during playing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As part of a bass re-string or a more major overhaul would the re-scaleing of these notes to bichord be for any reason unadviseable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, recently someone pointed out that changing wire sizes (plain wire) did not change the breaking point % of a note. After a few sample problems in P-Scale I confirmed this. This was really a forehead slapper for me. If this is true, bridge re-scaling is the only option for changing BP %.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>