<HTML> In a message dated 11/3/03 3:43:47 PM, michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk writes:<B= R> <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">you loosen the first = one off, remove it from the hitch, wrap it one turn round a beer bottle (a g= ood idea to empty it first in an appropriate manner) then, holding the loo= sened hitch end in one hand and the neck of the (by now empty) beer bottle i= n the other, gently roll the bottle up and down the wrapped string. This loo= sens up the interstices of the windings and the string becomes more supp= le than it was. You then put the loop back on the hitch pin (not forgettin= g first to wind the string a bit - maybe a turn or so - in order to tighten = the wrapping) </BLOCKQUOTE> >> And... the piano is remarkably re-invigorated in the bass.<< >From what I've been told, please jump in on this subject, this "re-invigorat= ion" of bass strings is not permanent.  The only set I've ever done th= is to (although I didn't use a beer bottle...) still sounds better than it d= id originally, (It's been about 3 or 4 years...) but perhaps others can enli= ghten us as to the permanency of this technique? Tom Sivak</HTML>