<!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 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I heard/saw a piano once that had bridge pins missing that caused a = rattle like that.</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@AOL.COM href="mailto:Tvak@AOL.COM">Tvak@AOL.COM</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 07, 2001 = 6:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Biasco Baldwin = Puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Went to a new client's house today.  Baldwin = Acrosonic(!) 8 months old, <BR>purchased from Biasco.  The pianist in the = house, the daughter, had left me <BR>instructions to take a look at the very = bottom key, A, which buzzed or <BR>rattled.  There was also a key in the = tenor range which had a "hollow" sound <BR>when the sustain pedal was used.  = I checked that first, and I found that the <BR>damper was not regulated = properly and would not lift off the string when the <BR>damper pedal was = used.  Actually there were three like this that needed <BR>adjusting, and so, = a bend at the bottom, one at the top, and on to the next <BR>problem.  <BR><BR>Played the low A.  Yipes, talk about a rattle!  This = was not some subtle <BR>timbre thing, it sounded like a something was in = contact with the string, <BR>like a pencil or something metallic.  Took off = the kneeboard and immediately <BR>I could see the problem.  I've only = been in the biz for 5 years, but I've <BR>never seen this one before.  = Keep in mind that this piano is 8 months old and <BR>was purchased from Biasco!<BR><BR>What caused the rattle?<BR><BR>Tom = Sivak<BR><BR>P.S.<BR>Not relevant to the puzzler, the client paid $4K for it---but he told me, = "It <BR>was marked down from $8K.   They must have really needed = to sell it quick." <BR><BR>P.P.S.<BR>Also not relevant, I just spellchecked = this document, and the spellchecker <BR>suggested I replace Biasco with Fiasco.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>