<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hazen,</DIV> <DIV>Why don't you tell the string maker, of the problem you are having. = Give him a chance to make it right, by supplying you with replacements, at no = cost.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If he doesn't know, he can't correct it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just the other day someone was telling me of a bad string, he had = in a set, I said did you tell the supplier, he said, no, he hadn't thought = to.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.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, May 20, 2002 = 11:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 05/20/2002 9:57:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Pick the exposed wire at the agraffe or bridge end with = a guitar pick and compare sound of the better ones and the bad ones. =  Then add additional twists on the bad ones to see if it improves.  You = did twist at installation, didn't you?  This may or  may not help, = but it will tell you if it's the string.  I had a 7 ft grand with = lousy new bass strings.  Putting three full turns on the bad one did = wonders. <BR><BR>Let us know <BR><BR>.Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG <BR>Santa = Clara, California <BR><A = href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Carl, <BR>I did twist the strings = during installation (one full twist),and the worst two strings are the unison = strings of the same note.(bi-chord) I will try adding more twist Wensday,when = I go back and pull the strings in for their service,and thanks much for = your tip. <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>