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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had a problem, with a few new bass string, eyes
unwinding.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The company replaced them for free. It was still a
bad situation, the customer didn't like the wait, and second trip, and neither
did I.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>When I mentioned it on the list, a string maker
from the UK, said that the wire should break, before the eye unwinds.
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I agree completely, with this
statement.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I feel that the company that made the strings for
me, was using, blanks, with the eyes already in them, made by some other
company.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So investigate your string manufacturer, and his
methods.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Good strings in the bass, can make a piano, bad
ones can kill it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mkurta@adelphia.net href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: bass hitch pin</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Rick:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Watch out for the looped end
of the string unwinding around the hitch pin. I just had a Schaff string
do this. Each time I went back and tried to bring it up to pitch it
would drop back down. Finally realized the string was getting longer and
longer because the twisted end was slipping. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Mike
Kurta</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>