<html> <body> Hi Dave, Are you sure the G6 is not ringing sympathetically with some other note down in the damped section of the piano? You might check that to eliminate that possibility. Just a thought... Mary At 01:25 PM 10/28/2004 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>We purchased 2 new "B"s last spring.  Both of them suffer from what appears to be damper after ring but in reality is sympathetic vibrations on the open strings E6 & above.  It is most pronounced on A4 - E5 with all of them energizing the note of the 3rd partial. (G#4 is fine because D#6 has a damper and above E5 it just tapers off with the less acoustic power of those higher notes).  On one of them C5 is particularly bad.  If I put my finger on the open string G6 damping is very good.    Does anyone have a good fix?  I've talked to Steinway and they don't have one.   dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 <a href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</a>    </blockquote></body> </html>