<div>Marshall</div> <div> </div> <div>One thing I forgot to mention is that the problem could be that on that one damper lever, the felt has been worn away, caused by the spoon being rough. There is no way of knowing that untill you remove the damper lever. It's possble to do that with the action still in the piano, but very tricky. Otherwise you will have to remove the action. Wim</div> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message----- From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05@hotmail.com> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 2:15 am Subject: [pianotech] spoon <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_f0892df2-9888-4aad-bae8-6310aa5024cc> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_f0892df2-9888-4aad-bae8-6310aa5024cc td{color: black;} #AOLMsgPart_1_f0892df2-9888-4aad-bae8-6310aa5024cc .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } #AOLMsgPart_1_f0892df2-9888-4aad-bae8-6310aa5024cc body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Tahoma } </STYLE> Hi Tom, Thanks for the other things to check. I did check damper timing with the pedal, and the pedal adjustment.  damper won't lift when the key is depressed, but does fine with bass sustain is depressed.  I'd be suprised if it wasn't a spoon, Damper spring tension seems good also.  Marshall Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician Marshall's Piano Service <A href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</A> 215-510-9400 <A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver, WA </div> </div>