<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/1/03 4:31:24 PM Central Standard Time, PNOTNR@aol= .com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have a Baldwin SD, about 6 years old.&nb= sp; Recently the piano teacher mentioned that the bottom octave and a half d= evelops a very harsh percussive sound when notes are repeated at forte or lo= uder.   An inital attack sounds okay, and the pinning seems s= imilar to the rest of the instrument, (although I didn't measure the flanges= ).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What can I look for as a cause of this prob= lem?  Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gordon Large, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Colby College</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Waterville, Maine</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>= </DIV> <DIV>I've observed a similar sound on large Baldwins. I think it is just an = overplaying of the note. The string can only take on so much vibration befor= e it starts to distort itself. I don't think it has anything to do with the = pinning. And I'm not sure if voicing it down will solve the problem either. = </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></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>