<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Does it matter if you get strings from Yamaha or send in the set to Mapes and have them duplicate them?</SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Matthew<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><BR style="RIGHT: auto"></div> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "tnrwim@aol.com" <tnrwim@aol.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, August 22, 2011 1:33 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [pianotech] C3<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=yiv793528328><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial> <DIV>Wes</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would recommend a new set of bass strings. You can get them from Yamaha. But a word of caution. Before removing the old one, make sure the new set you get are correct. </DIV> <DIV>Not all C3 scales are the same. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I had this happen to me about 25 years ago.  A customer's cat did his thing on the bass strings on his new Yamaha. After I get the new strings, I took off the old ones, assuming the news ones were</DIV> <DIV>correct. Long story short, it took three more sets before I had the right ones. It took about 6 weeks to get it right. The customer, obviously, was not very happy, and although Yamaha paid for the </DIV> <DIV>strings and the installation, admitting the mistake, the customer blamed me. <BR></DIV> <DIV>Wim<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Wesley Hardman <hardmanwesley84@gmail.com><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sun, Aug 21, 2011 11:54 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] C3<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv793528328AOLMsgPart_1_dac081d8-7196-438d-9105-cc78962278aa> <DIV>I'm working with a 25 year old Yamaha C3.  The bass strings are terrible; it seems that every other one has some sort of ringing sound that voicing will not get rid of.  Tapping bridge pins, seating strings on bridge, leveling strings, and mating hammers to strings do nothing to eliminate the ringing sounds.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Could this problem be eliminated with installing a new set of bass strings?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wesley Hardman</DIV> <DIV>Scottsboro, Alabama</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>