<!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 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Does it have = something to do with brittleness of wire after its been in use?  Work hardening, etc?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mike = Kurta</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=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> Monday, October 07, 2002 = 9:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: L.O.S.S.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 10/6/02 9:44:53 PM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">If anyone has an idea, I'd be interested to understand = why one perfectly good <BR>brand new string vibrates better than the one = right next to it. <BR><BR>Tom Sivak <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Tom <BR><BR>As = Jon indicated, it has nothing to do with the strings. It is a voicing = problem. Unless this is a Steinway, the best way to get more sustain out of = these hammers is to deep needle at about 10 and 2 o'clock. <BR><BR>To get = more equal sustain in the 5th and 6th octaves, as a sample I use a note just past = where the dampers end. Using a sharp blow, listen for the sustain. To get = that same sound, I use the sustonuto to hold up the last 6 - 10 dampers, and = give each note the same sharp blow. I voice each hammer to get the same sustain = on all of these notes. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>