<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000;= FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7= rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000= size=2> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <P>Call the dealer.  It should be a warranty issue.</P> <P>dave</P> <DIV= align=left><BR>__________________________________________</DIV> <DIV align=left>David M. Porritt, RPT</DIV> <DIV align=left>Meadows School of the Arts</DIV> <DIV align=left>Southern Methodist University</DIV> <DIV align=left>Dallas, TX 75275</DIV> <DIV align=left><A= href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A></D= IV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A= href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>><BR>To:= <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received:= Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:44:36 EDT<BR>Subject: [CAUT] more problems= with the D</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>Two problems with the D. (Yes the same= one)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, I misinterpreted the faculty's comments. It wasn't= "brassy" as such, as much as it lacked focus. I perceived this= to mean to bright. So I voiced it down. But now he says it has= lost it's power. He says the hammers will never come back. Is he= right, or is there a way to get the power back on= without them becoming too brassy?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The other problem, which I also misunderstood, is a noisy= action. He said something about it when he complained about= uneven voicing with the soft pedal on, but I missed his= comments. I compared the action noise with that of the other D,= and there does seem to be a little more action noise. I've= narrowed it down to when the hammer returns, kind a of a mild= knocking sound. I tried voicing up the wippen cushion, but= that didn't do anything. Could it be that the back under key= felt is too hard? Would that solve the noisy action? (remember,= this piano is less than 2 years old. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10"= FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano= tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of= Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>