<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I'll have to take note of that because such a tendency would = totally kill the only reason to use universals. Interesting. Thanks for = sharing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 23, 2001 = 2:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Universal Bass = String Deadness</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 12/23/01 2:56:27 PM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Now why in the world would a 6 - 8 month-old bass string = in a box be useless, and a 20 year old bass string on a piano be expected = to sound reasonably good? <BR><BR>Terry Farrell <BR>  <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I think it is the lack of tension on the = string. Perhaps more moisture and dirt gets in them sitting in the back of my = van. I don't know all the answers. All I know is that universals more than 8 = months old are usually dead, or at least not as good as a newer one. = <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>