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from Panama.
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good health.<SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003> I have ran into =
several pianos
that all have the same problem, which I believe is caused by something =
that may
require major repairs, but I am at a loss as to what the real problem =
is. The
problem is this. You can play all the keys to check all the notes, and =
you'll
come to a section of notes that won't play. The hammer hits the string, =
but the
only sound it makes is, BONK! The strings do no resonate as they should. =
You can
pluck the strings, and they sound okay. You can hold the damper off the =
strings,
but when the note is played, the only sound it makes is, BONK! It sounds =
almost
as if the hammer is hitting wood, instead of the string. This is only =
i<SPAN
class=400250821-14062003>n</SPAN> a section of notes, and in the case =
of the U1
I inspected today, it was a little over an octave's worth of notes in =
the upper
tenor section, just before the treble break. All the bass and all the =
treble was
okay.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003> Is this a problem =
with the
bridge somehow? I have seen this problem where only two or three notes =
are
affected, and another piano where the entire tenor section was dead, and =
I have
had no solution. I feel bad that I have studied and been in the practice =
for so
long, but have no solution to this problem. Can <SPAN
class=400250821-14062003>someone</SPAN> help me out<SPAN
class=400250821-14062003>? Thank you.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=390222716-13062003>Richard Strang</SPAN></DIV>
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