Dead note--no sustain

[Tom Driscoll]

Try temp. exchanging hammer with adjacent one  to see if the problem follows
the hammer  .Tom Driscoll
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Subject: Re: Dead note--no sustain


> >...I've got a Kawai studio with one note (5
> >>below the treble break), that has o.k. attack, but no decay and short
> >>sustain...Jeffrey Arnold , Appleton Chapter 549 Wisconsin
> >>>freypiano@msn.com
>
> Does the note sustain different when plucked?
>
> If so, hardening the hammer might be in order after verifying the spacing
> and fitting to the strings is okay.
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>
>