Hi list, Got a question for you. I was tuning a Kawai RX-6 (7') this morning and the first time I played Bb2, it sounded almost completely dead. It was so obvious that "what the h*** just popped out. :-) It has the sort of sound that a hammer makes when the felt has come unglued from one side. Much softer and deader than the notes around it. There's evidence of a spill of something sticky, like coke, on the plate in the two middle sections. There's still some residue there and the plate bushings are all a grayish color. For the rest of the piano, the bushings are the normal wood color. There's no evidence anything got into the action except for 3-4 keys that have a dried liquid stain on them. The hammer is not the problem. I lifted the damper and plucked the strings and got the same dead type sound. I even pulled the action to look closer at the hammer. There's also no evidence of any problem at the bridge. Strangely, there's also no evidence of anything on the wire or felt under the strings by the tuning pins of that particular note, although there is on some others. My question is why would only that one note sound that way if indeed, the spill is responsible? Any other thoughts about why? The piano will have very heavy use for the next 3 weeks, until juries are over, so so it would be very difficult to find time to do much of anything except restring that particular note. But with all the recitals going on, I really don't want to even do that right now. Thanks for any ideas any of you might have. Regards, Avery University of Houston P.S. Have you ever noticed that when the words "The IRS" are combined, it spells "Theirs"? Just thought I'd throw that in on this fateful day!
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