<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/22/01 9:23:21 PM !!!First Boot!!!, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Most of the universals I install I would rate as quite acceptable, given the
<BR>piano, etc. But perhaps 10% or so that I install sound noticeably dead/dull.
<BR>Is this something that I am doing? Is it something about the piano? Or are
<BR>these strings soooooo cheap that 10% of them are bad? Any comments?
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<BR>Terry Farrell
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<BR>How old are these strings? I find that bass strings more than 6 - 8 months old are pretty much useless.
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>