<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Bookman Old Style" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>In a message dated 5/29/2008 3:22:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>Where do you suggest I look?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3>Alicia,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3> <DIV>Isolate the elements - try this hammer in another piano, try another hammer in this piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>You might also take the hammers out of the equation to see what the piano is capable of - pluck the strings both in the treble and the bass. Based on your results so far, I'd suspect an energy loss somewhere in the belly. If the sound is short and weak in the treble when </FONT></FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3>plucked, it will be short and weak when struck</FONT></FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3>.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In the bass it would be most unusual for the strike point to be off by enough to be really audible. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. <A title="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002" href="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002" target="_blank">Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>