<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ed Carwithen<BR><B>Sent:</B> June 15, 2005 8:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> PTG Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> poor sustain<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the piano is a Kimball 6'8" = Grand.  It's in pretty good shape, and holds a tune well.  The problem is the = treble sustain...there isn't any.  Bass and middle registers are fine, = but the 6th octave has almost no sustain.  When the strings are plucked = they do seem to be normal, but the hammers just don't produce the tone I think = it should have.  This makes it a voicing problem IMO.  So...how = do I approach it??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day, OR</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546190104-16062005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080>Do you mean before or after you replace the soundboard?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546190104-16062005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546190104-16062005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>