<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Now why in the world would a 6 - 8 month-old bass string in a box = be useless, and a 20 year old bass string on a piano be expected to sound reasonably good?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@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, December 22, = 2001 8:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Universal Bass = String Deadness</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 12/22/01 9:23:21 PM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Most of the universals I install I would rate as quite acceptable, given the <BR>piano, etc. But perhaps 10% or so that I = install sound noticeably dead/dull. <BR>Is this something that I am doing? = Is it something about the piano? Or are <BR>these strings soooooo cheap = that 10% of them are bad? Any comments? <BR><BR>Terry Farrell <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>How old are these strings?  I = find that bass strings more than 6 - 8 months old are pretty much useless. = <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>