<HTML><BODY><DIV style='font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt;'><DIV> <DIV>     By The way. Acrosonic means <STRONG>Supreme tone.</STRONG> IN this case supremely horrible. No wonder Baldwin is belly up. It's probably the petrified felt hammers creating all the fabulous noise. I recommend steaming needling or replacement, anything that works. Steaming is probably my first choice if the needle won't go in.</DIV> <DIV>   And Who's paying for this? Hmm</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_bcd01edc-f1e5-4837-b723-32c5935cc64e> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">  It (Baldwin Acrosonic) is 7 years<BR>old, and had been tuned once by the dealer 5 years ago when it was <BR>delivered. No other prep work was done at that time.  The tone is<BR>unbelievably horrible, and I need advice.<BR><BR>It sounds like a marimba being struck with a bass drum mallet; no sustain at<BR>all.  I got it stable at 440, and the tuning is good until you depress the <BR>damper pedal - then a horrible roar of discordant echoes like I've never<BR>heard before belches forth from the beast.  To say that I'm dealing with<BR>issues of inharmonicity is putting it mildly.<BR><BR>In the past, I have always gotten good advice from this list and I sure <BR>could use some now!<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Greg Livingston<BR>_______________________________________<BR>Gregory P. Livingston, Piano Tuning and Service<BR>781-237-9178<BR>Piano Technicians Guild, associate member<BR>(Boston chapter) <BR><BR>                         *   *   *<BR>Always remember September 11, 2001<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" target=_blank>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>