<!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>1921 Geo. Steck small grand. The bass = strings can't be as old as the piano. They are still copper-colored and "look" fairly = clean etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But when struck, the bichord = notes have very little sustain. The singles do better. The tenor and treble sounds = great, very sweet actually.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried the old remove-loop-and-roll on = the worst note. The string looks a little brighter but I can't tell much = difference in the sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas? I wondered about a = downbearing problem or something but would assume such a design flaw would be = unlikely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>