<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Why not just tie the old string and put it back in?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 10/25/2003 4:56:10 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tubby bass string replacement tip</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tighten your flame suit collar. Would you do it to a Mason & Hamlin? A Bosendorfer? A Bechstein? A remanufactured Behr Bros? A remanufactured Wissner? A remanufactured Bush & Lane? A remanufactured Weber? Why would you single out a Steinway & S<STRONG><EM>O</EM></STRONG>ns? Do you have a Pierce Atlas? Check it out, there are/were more high-quality manufacturers than just Steinway & S<STRONG><EM>O</EM></STRONG>ns.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></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=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@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> Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tubby bass string replacement tip</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I was called in to tune the piano at a restaurant, and replace a bass string which had broken.  The piano was a Story & Clark (Samick) and is full of false beats in the treble and dead, tubby bass strings.  When I mic-ed the broken string, I found that I did not have one that size.  It was larger than a #1 Schaff universal replacement.  My original plan was to replace the string with a universal and order a duplicate of the original to replace the universal.  But not having a universal the correct size, I thought I would just leave it as is, and return ASAP with the dupe.<BR><BR>Expecting flames from this one, I'd never do it on a Steinway, honest, <BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>