<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Wim. I was going to steer the = Petrof question-asker to you, but I knew you'd grab it, anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>About the S&S. Thanks for your = response. One thing: This is a little grand, not a vertical. I wasn't sure = about the "L" designation but there is an L stenciled just below the serial = number, so I assumed (always a danger) that it is a model L. I regularly tune a 1903 = S and a similar vintage Hamburg O. That is the extent of my Steinway experience. = I don't remember those others having the problems I described here. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's why I ask:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is it typical? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any tips, secrets, or = incantations known to help?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>