<p>Hi Les,<br>
I used to serviced a few Bosendofor imperial grands, and have to say<br>
1. For the bass strings especially the single very ones, we order directly from Bosendofor. Don't know how special but its 'original parts'.<br>
2. Yes I broke a few very low bass strings A0 and below and now iam very careful about tuning these low notes. The other ranges seems fine.<br>
Lim</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On 27-Mar-2012 10:22 AM, "Leslie Bartlett" <<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Actually two.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Are Bosendorfer bass strings
some special kind of thing which must or at least should be ordered from
Bosendorfer?<u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Do Bosendorfer bass strings
have a greater than average breakage rate?<u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Be quite glad to have private answers if this is
controversial, as I don’t want to start a battle……. But
knowledge would be greatly appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Les Bartlett<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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