<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><SPAN></SPAN></div> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Hi guys,</DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto">I have a client who recently told me that a bass string that broke 13 years ago on her Kawai CE-7 does not hold a tune as long as the others strings (it is a bi-chord).  My guess is that someone replaced it with a universal and, hence, the tone is not matching, causing the "out of tuneness".</DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto">I vaguely remember hearing one time how to tell the difference between a universal string and a duplicated one.  I think it had something to do with the core wire.  The universal being hexagonal?</DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Can someone please tell me how to tell?  If this issue is the case, I want to make sure I remove the right one!</DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Thanks in advance!<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV style="RIGHT: auto"> </DIV> <DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><U>TODD PIANO WORKS</U></FONT></B> <BR><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>(979) 248-9578</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3><A href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.toddpianoworks.com</A></FONT></DIV></div></body></html>