<!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 6.00.2800.1170" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>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 s= uch, 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 sa= id something about it when he complained about uneven voicing with the soft ped= al 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 tri= ed 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? (remembe= r, this piano is less than 2 years old. </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>University of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>