Universal Bass String Deadness

[Farrell]

Hello Keith. I made the original post. I see up to 10% of my installations
less than satisfactory (deadness). Please consider sharing your installation
method details. Perhaps there is something that I (and others?) do or don't
do that makes the difference. Please address how you cut the winding and
dress the cut end, any string twisting you might do, and any other final
prep, oh, and anything else I may have forgotten! Thanks so much.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: <kam544@flash.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Universal Bass String Deadness


> >...It sounded fine, and the strings have sat in my car
> >for at least 10 years...
> >Susan Kline
>
> Susan, List,
>
> I have to concur with your experience.  I have used universals for way
> longer than 10 years and carry 40 different sizes in the car with me 24/7,
> as well as more hanging in the closet in my office.  No tension involved
> whatsoever.
>
> Under no circumstances that I can ever recall have any of these strings
> been dead sounding upon installation.  And the ones in the van have been
> exposed to the changing outside temperatures that occur each season year
> after year.

SNIP
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>
>