[CAUT] Tenor thonk

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<<  I have done all I think possible
with hammer voicing to even it out. I'm thinking it is a board/bridge/string
issue of mass (too much or too little?). Or impedance? Or, ??? Short of
board re-design, anyone have any suggestions for improving this transition? >>

Greetings, 
     Have you taken a small set of vise-grips and attached them in various 
places on the bridge pins?  Somtimes, adding that amount of weight in the fifth 
octave will greatly improve sustain as well as tonal depth. It is easy, cheap, 
and removeable to find a spot that makes an improvement and then screw that 
amount of weight into the bridge from below the soundboard. 
Regards,  
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html