<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Howdy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Back to the 8' Seiler grand.  = Sorry if I'm starting to sound like a broken record.  Here's the story:  I = serviced this piano when it was new.  Not long into its life, it developed a = noisy duplex at the low end of the treble section.  I muted it off.  = I tuned it for a few years, I moved away...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I moved back.  In the meantime, = the piano was restrung.  I started servicing it again a year after it was delivered.  9 months into servicing it, the noisy duplex returned = in the exact same spot--but add another note.  I freaked out (not in front = of the customer), the customer freaked out, too (not in front of = me).  I contacted the rebuilder who said he filed the capo. He and I came = to the conclusion (whether we are correct or not) that it is a case of = soft cast iron.  I looked up hardening cast iron in the archives.  To do = that would mean taking the plate out of the piano and that's = not an option.  I'm convinced if I refile the capo, the same thing is = going to happen again.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know there are some pianos that have = some sort of rod installed at the v-bar.  Is it possible to do the same with = this piano at the capo?  Has anyone done it?  Do you have detailed instructions?  Will someone hold my hand?.....Please?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, = RPT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>