<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>n a message dated 11/7/2005 8:02:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, tune4u@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Take a careful look at the angle (top to= bottom) of the heads as they hit the strings. If the top hits the strings = just slightly ahead of the rest of the felt, I think there's less of a zing tha= n if the whole thing is trying to hit flat on the strings. Seems like one of th= e major builders (Steinway?) actually recommends this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Alan,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do you mean the FRONT of the dampers should contact the strings first?  I've seen this in new pianos before, and wondered why that was = the case.  Makes sense</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>