<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>While were on this subject, please allow me to change pianos. Last year= I brought up the problem of a student complaining about a B having too much= after ring. Now one of the piano professors said the new D has too much. I = thought it was the "nature of the beast," but the piano professor claim earl= ier Steinways do not have this problem. He claims another piano technician, = well known to this list, at another SEC school, said it has something to do = with the alloy in the damper wire, or something to that effect. (If you know= who you are, you may identify yourself.) </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is the opinion on this? What, if anything, have any of you done to= solve this problem?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>Universit= y of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>