The Killer Octave is most often in the area of the fifth octave and sometimes a little high, depending upon the piano. This octave is often weaker than the others and often also lacks a tone color of it's neighbor octaves. Look in the actives at http://www.ptg.org/archive/pianotech.php/ and search for "impedance". Newton
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