<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This "repair" is only an excuse for = tipping a few. <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To quickly see if it will work Lower = each string an octave and give the unison about 20 good strong whacks and bring the = string back to pitch. Check with its neighbor for quality of sound. If it has = improved some but not enough,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>plan on removing all and doing the = treatment  and include adding one twist if there was none and two if there was = some. Less twist as you go from high wound strings to low and only 1/2 on double wound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old coke bottles were great as the = shape of the bottle kept the string from slipping off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></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=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.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, November 03, 2003 = 7:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: tubby bass = string "invigoration"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 11/3/03 3:43:47 = PM, <A = href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk</= A> writes:<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">you loosen the first one off, remove it from = the hitch, wrap it one turn round a beer bottle (a good idea to empty it = first in an appropriate manner) then, holding the loosened hitch end in one = hand and the neck of the (by now empty) beer bottle in the other, gently roll = the bottle up and down the wrapped string. This loosens up = the interstices of the windings and the string becomes more supple than it was. = You then put the loop back on the hitch pin (not forgetting first = to wind the string a bit - maybe a turn or so - in order to tighten the wrapping)</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>>></FONT><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">And... the piano is remarkably re-invigorated in = the bass.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><<<BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>>From what I've been told, please jump = in on this subject, this "re-invigoration" of bass strings is not = permanent.  The only set I've ever done this to (although I didn't use a beer = bottle...) still sounds better than it did originally, (It's been about 3 or 4 = years...) but perhaps others can enlighten us as to the permanency of this technique?<BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>