Hi Terry, I have noticed, some of the universals, quite dull as well. I put it down to old age, since they seem to be the ones I had for a long time. This is even with a twist in the proper direction. Regards, John M. Ross jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: Universal Bass String Deadness > I work on an unfortunately high percentage of low-worth pianos whose owners > prefer minimal cost repair/maintenance alternatives. IMHO, when a new bass > string is needed, in situations such as these, universal bass strings are a > sensible choice. Better pianos and more demanding clients get factory or > reproductions from Mapes or wherever. Just had to say that so I don't get > chewed up over the universal bass string use issue. I also splice the old > string back in whenever possible. > > Most of the universals I install I would rate as quite acceptable, given the > piano, etc. But perhaps 10% or so that I install sound noticeably dead/dull. > Is this something that I am doing? Is it something about the piano? Or are > these strings soooooo cheap that 10% of them are bad? Any comments? > > Terry Farrell > > >
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