<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">Wim, we are both assuming things here.  I will let you know when I look at it.</SPAN></div> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Matthew<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN><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> toddpianoworks@att.net; pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:51 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [pianotech] Universal String<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=yiv1251838242><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=yiv1251838242AOLMsgPart_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>Hi guys,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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> </DIV> <DIV>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> </DIV> <DIV>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> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance!<VAR id=yiv1251838242yui-ie-cursor></VAR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </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>http://www.toddpianoworks.com/</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>