<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=710090823-11051999><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = size=2>Shaff advertises their universal strings with hex wire cores.  They even = have a greatly enlarged picture of it in their new catalog.  I have never = seen a universal string I could like.  If you install them with a round = core string as the other string of a pair, the inharmonicity is quite = different and they can't be tuned.  Some partials will have a loud obnoxious = beat.  If you buy their sets of Universals, you'd have to buy two sets to even = come close to having a matching pair.  I gave up on them 20 years = ago.  The inharmonicity seems to be quite a bit higher than round core wire.  = At least that's what I have found.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=710090823-11051999><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=710090823-11051999><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = size=2>dave</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><FONT = size=2>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>David M. = Porritt, RPT<BR>Meadows School of the Arts<BR>Southern Methodist University<BR>Dallas, Texas<BR><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A><BR>__________= _____________________________________</FONT> </P> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>