<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>We have a Baldwin SD, about 6 years old.  Recently the piano teach= er mentioned that the bottom octave and a half develops a very harsh percuss= ive sound when notes are repeated at forte or louder.   An in= ital attack sounds okay, and the pinning seems similar to the rest of the in= strument, (although I didn't measure the flanges).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What can I look for as a cause of this problem?  Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gordon Large, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Colby College</DIV> <DIV>Waterville, Maine</DIV></BODY></HTML>