<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/7/2005 5:01:59 AM Central Standard Time, ricbrek@broadpark.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hi folks<BR><BR>We just got a source of Bostons here in the area. I havent se= en these <BR>for a while and find that the two uprights I've looked at seem v= ery <BR>subdued.  That is to say they dont seem to have much volume... as= in <BR>loudness.  Hammers seem hard enough... too hard really for my tastes  a <BR>bit pingy. Regulation is close enough so that it should= be plenty <BR>useable.  Brand new 126 cm models.<BR><BR>I was wondering = if those of you with lots of recent experience with <BR>Bostons could comment= on the general sound picture these instruments <BR>have.  Seems to me th= ese two are just plain too quiet.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>RicB<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>We've got 5 Boston uprights, and 4 grands here at UA, and they sea= m to be OK. I've never had any volume problems. I guess any piano, from any brand= , can have some problems. I would first sand the hammers, and if that doesn't work, use some lacquer and acetone on a few hammers and see if that brighten= s them up a bit. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>