JH44 to JR450, just a couple quick items. My last experience in this area was a loose sostenuto bracket (not blade). Sizzling like a snare drum on double to triple forte. Too easy? Maybe, but I was the fourth technician to pursue the problem and the first to find/repair it. You didn't mention damper wires and/or damper guide rail in your review. Since this area of the scale is bichord country, may as well add that too. Not sure I'd expend a lot of energy on the downbearing thing, based on your description. I hope Nossaman thinks I'm being sufficiently nice about the downbearing part. At 11:35 PM 9/17/98 -0400, you wrote: >I service a 1992 Baldwin 6'3" model L. There is a very stubborn pinging or >sizzling sound in several keys in the tenor right next to the tenor treble >break that I cannot seem to get rid of. I've tried the usual things like >pulling up on the strings with a string hook, leveling the strings, mating the >hammers to the strings, seating the strings at the bridges, needling the >hammers. Nothing has helped. This piano has the Baldwin Accu-just hitch pin. >The downbearing seems excessive to me. Any ideas? Jim Harvey, RPT harvey@greenwood.net ________________________ -- someone who's been in the field too long.
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