<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tighten your flame suit collar. Would you do it = to a Mason & Hamlin? A Bosendorfer? A Bechstein? A remanufactured Behr = Bros? A remanufactured Wissner? A remanufactured Bush & Lane? A = remanufactured Weber? Why would you single out a Steinway & S<STRONG><EM>O</EM></STRONG>ns? Do you have a Pierce Atlas? Check it = out, there are/were more high-quality manufacturers than just Steinway = & S<STRONG><EM>O</EM></STRONG>ns.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></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> Saturday, October 25, = 2003 9:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tubby bass string = replacement tip</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT = face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I was = called in to tune the piano at a restaurant, and replace a bass string which had = broken.  The piano was a Story & Clark (Samick) and is full of false beats = in the treble and dead, tubby bass strings.  When I mic-ed the broken = string, I found that I did not have one that size.  It was larger than a #1 = Schaff universal replacement.  My original plan was to replace the = string with a universal and order a duplicate of the original to replace the universal.  But not having a universal the correct size, I = thought I would just leave it as is, and return ASAP with the = dupe.<BR><BR>Expecting flames from this one, I'd never do it on a Steinway, honest, = <BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>