<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Today I saw a new = Kohler and Campbell 52" upright, ( made by Samick, of course.)  The customer = was complaining about some of the notes buzzing. ( Our favorite kind of = call, eh?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I got to the house, = introduced myself, and we got to the piano. He played a couple of notes, and I = thought "Whoa, I'd complain too." The notes sounded weak and hollow, and fuzzy = to the extreme. First I checked the bridges and termination points, no problem. = Then I started checking the cabinet by putting my hands on anything I thought = that might be loose. Then I tried tightening every screw I could find. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Anyway, after more = than an hour of this nonsense, I moved the piano away from the wall to tighten the = screws on the soundboard buttons, and to generally have a look back there. I = started hitting the soundboard with the heal of my hand on the ribs. When I got = to the top center of the soundboard, I could hear a clack. I then pushed on the = soundboard near the center, and I could see a gap between the SB and the = back-inner-frame-liner thingee. I'm going to have to get this thing back = to the shop a get some glue in that gap, and then see what it sounds = like.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My question to this = esteemed gathering is, shouldn't this have been glued at the factory? And yet, I = don't see any evidence of any glue having ever been applied to this joint. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The reason I'm = asking is that I'm not a rebuilder, but I know that on a grand the SB is glued to the = inner rim. Not on this upright. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    This should be an = easy one, just tell me if I made the right call. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T.<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>