<HTML>A student left me a note complaining about an after ring on our Recital Hall 1 year old B. I went to check it out, and sure enough in the 6th octave, when notes are release, there is a definite after ring. If I hold my finger on the string, it is still there. The dampers are seated, and there is enough follow through. I found that if I damper out the undampened 7th octave notes, the after ring is gone. So the sound I'm hearing is the 7th octave ringing through. I've never really noticed it before. But now that it has been brought to my attention, it is very distinctive. Apparently the strident thinks so too. Is this just a normal phenomenon on Steinway B's, or is there something that can be done to eliminate this problem? Wim </HTML>