<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Like the way you were able to incorporate the sound clip in there.<div>Sorry i can be of no help with the problem though.</div><div>John Ross</div><div>Windsor, Nova Scotia<br><div><div>On 05-08-2012, at 9:55 PM, Terry Farrell <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I have a customer with a 10 year old Walter console. Nice piano, except the upper-most two bass notes (D#3 & E3) - they have a noise that I can best describe as a developing slow roll of a beat that doesn't develop into an actual beat. <br><br>Here is an audio clip of those notes and nearby notes:   <span><20120805 105521.m4a></span><br><br>It's not a really strong sound, but easily more than enough for anyone with any sort of decent ears to be offended by (which means most people would never hear it - but I sure do and the owner hears it also).<br><br>Also, the upper termination of the copper winding on the upper-most four bass strings is of that crunched-up looking style (sorry, don't know the term for it) and all the other bass strings have a simple clean end to the winding. Additionally, the windings are not of equal length on the upper-most two notes. See the picture below:<br><br><span><IMG_0221.jpeg></span><br><br><br>I'm certainly not sure exactly what the cause of the noise is, but I'm guessing that replacing the four upper-most bass strings is the easiest, least costly and most likely way to solve the problem. I will also be contacting the Walter Piano Company for their advice tomorrow.<br><br>Any thoughts?<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Terry Farrell</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>