<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hazen,  Question!  Which = strings were dead? Single wound, double wound, bichord, unichord?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let us know</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa = Clara, California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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 6:12 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bass strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list = <BR>I went and put the bass strings on the U1 today,that I posted about last week.I backed-off the pin a half turn,removed the old strings,and used the = coil maker (thanks Joe and others),and slid the new string right on.I think I'll = use this method from now on,instead of backing the pin out 2 1/2 turns and = twisting the new string on,I feel better about not backing the pin out that far.I = ordered the bass strings from Mapes,and am not totally pleased with them.Some = of the new strings sound tubby,almost dead.I checked the winding,everything = looks good,but the sound is bad. <BR>Thanks again, <BR>Hazen Bannister </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>