<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2004 6:09:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, Erwinspi= ano writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2004 1:43:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <DIV>   Gordon</DIV> <DIV>  What type of hammers are these? David might be on to something.</DIV> <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"= ><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 siz= e=2>Pluck the strings in question and see if you get anything.  If you do, then<BR>the hammers are probably not hard enough and you can try various= methods of<BR>hardening: lacquer, filing, etc..  If you get nothing= when plucked, then<BR>the problem is in the board, bridge, or terminations.<BR><BR>David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@earthlink.net<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>