<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a wet towel over the strings????????   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first thing I would do is try plucking the strings - did you try that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:45 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> dead chickering</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV>Went to tune a rebuilt 60's chickering yesterday, it sounds like it has a wet towell over the strings! No life to it at all, soundboard has no visible cracks, bridges are same. Lost its crown? Hammers were reshapped, but look like they were done correctly and hitting in the right spots. </DIV> <DIV>This piano sucks.....</DIV> <DIV>Suggestions on how to improve please, without redoing the beast.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>