<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'> <div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Matthew</FONT></div> <div> </div> <div>I don't think it's that it is a universal string as much as it is a new string, compared to an old string. The tone quality of the new string will be much better than the tone quality of the old string. Although they might sound almost in tune when freshly tuned, it doesn't take much of a pitch change to amplify this difference. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim  <br> <br> <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks@att.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 5:37 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Universal String<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_68207cf1-0682-408d-b2fb-3d35545ac727> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; 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> </div> </div> </font>