<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Cy,<div><br></div><div>Another thing I've seen:  the whole side of the piano can break free from the strung back.  I had a Yamaha whose right side came unglued.  The hammers were nearly striking the serial number up in the treble.  Yours isn't so drastic, but it's worth a look.  (Then check the keybed's integrity.)</div><div><br></div><div>Cliff Lesher</div><div>Winfield, PA</div><div>___________ <br><div><div>On Sep 5, 2011, at 11:42 PM, Cy Shuster wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Frutiger, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">The patient: Kawai 601M 42" console, 1989 (US-made), clean, and generally in good shape. Moved several times. Music desk missing; replaced by woodworker.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Frutiger, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Frutiger, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Frutiger, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Symptoms: Chromatic scale from middle C up plays fine. From middle C down, dip is shallow, even preventing escapement. A2 hammer also hits G#2 string.</span></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>