<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Yes,  perhaps the damper pedal is adjusted too tight/ no play. Also, I have had older uprughts that do not achieve quiet damping even when new damper felts replace the old ones, I would think that it could be the damper springs. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/24/2006 11:28:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry, This may be just too simple, but have you checked the sustain pedal to see that it is not lifting the dampers a tad?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>