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size=2>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=221102820-02052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I
don't agree totally on this one. replacing worn and stiff old white =
(plain)
strings always change the sound , thanks for the time involved doing =
that. That
it does not change the sound enough with this option only is another
matter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=221102820-02052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Shaping the capo d'astro (and not Tastro in our latitudes) is =
second to
the good sound in treble regions, as the bridge pins well seated, the
terminations, of course the voicing, that play a very large part of =
course in
the sound quality.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=221102820-02052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac
OLEG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Somehow that got to be =
interpreted that I
wouldn't replace strings even though they loose elasticity, plastic, =
become
corroded, rusted, get fatigued, etc. <BR><BR><SPAN
class=221102820-02052002><FONT color=#0000ff> <FONT
color=#000000>>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>But I don't think =
replacing
them will change the tone of the piano. There are other factors that =
will change
the tone, but not the new strings themselves. <SPAN
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face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=221102820-02052002> <FONT =
color=#0000ff>Anyway if it is a very old 100 years vertical, why =
bother and
change even the basses then ?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT =
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