<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Liszt & Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry said: "<FONT color=#800000 = size=3>I have never broken a string while doing a pitch raise."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>I ask: How do you get that = lucky? I've broken strings with such frequency that I have developed my own = pre-formed knot system for repairing Bass covereds without replacing them. I = also frequently relax the other half of the broken pair to pull it round = to effect a repair. "Mark'ee Jim lad... " this is only done on old = clunkers or for speed and efficacy. Keeps the cost down, don't y'know? Which has to = be a +</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Regards from a beautifully sunny = day in Sussex Downlands-by-the-Sea.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>. . . . . .  there's so = much talk of s n o w . . . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#800000 size=2>he's never = broken a string....... wow!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Michael G = (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>