> Ron N, I enjoyed your comments about not being fooled, by an end-hinged > top lid, into thinking it's a grand!. I have a customer with a Feurich > upright which also has an end-hinged lid, but instead of a removable > hinge-pin, it has two very solid brass hinges with brass dowels which > plop and slide beautifully into bushed holes in the side panel. Lovely > piano, reeks quality and craftsmanship. I don't have any uprights, but I do service one Feurich grand. Poor string rendering has just about rendered it untunable, but it's a terrifically built piano. Lid's hinged on the side too... <G> About your Steinway bass bridge, check bearing and crown there, bridge apron joints, perimeter joint, and the possibility of anything being wedged between the soundboard and plate. Then consider the strings. The usual stuff. Try to inspect and if possible test every potential cause. I was asked by a dealer years back to look at a piano they had taken in on trade. The bass was dead, but they were sure it would be a simple fix. I looked it over and didn't find anything to account for it, so we ordered a couple of strings as a test. When installed, the new strings were as dead sounding as the rest, which surprised all of us. They had meanwhile found someone to unload the piano on, so I never did get to chase down what the actual problem was. Frustrating. Ron N
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