<HTML>In a message dated 10/14/01 2:17:39 AM !!!First Boot!!!, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Piano was 60-110 Cents flat, and at least 10 notes would not play due to, what I was surprised to find, was SUPER tight Jack flanges... (snip)</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">One Question: Isn't it a tad UNusual to see excessively tight jack flanges, but NOT hammer butt flanges? First time I've ever witnessed this scenario. I've seen my share of sluggish piano actions, but the primary culprit is almost ALWAYS a tight butt flange center. Terry Peterson </BLOCKQUOTE> Terry You don't say if this is an upright or a grand, nor which jacks were tight.  I have found tight jacks on grands but mostly in the upper register. The reason the hammers might be working, but not the jack, is use. If a piano is used very little, and if it is used by a player who rarely ventures out of the middle three octaves, it is possible for a hammer to get used once in a while, enough to keep it free. The jack is used, of course, and it will return, eventually, so that the note will play again. It isn't until the tuner comes along and has to play the note repeatedly, that the sluggish jack is noticed. So to answer your question, yes, I have seen it happen, and I hope I explained the reason. Wim </HTML>