<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Cathwithen said: "<FONT = face="Times New Roman" size=3>I'm stuck.  The piano is a Starr Console piano.  The = C1 note plays, but =<BR>only softly.  If you play it and the surrounding = notes quietly, it is =<BR>just fine.  Play with more force and the = other notes get louder, the C1 =<BR>does not.  It feels as if the key is = bottoming out before the hammer can =<BR>reach the string.  The let off is = correct.  I have removed the front =<BR>rail felt and tried it that way, but = still feels as if something is =<BR>impeding the hammer in its motion.  The = damper mechanism seems to be =<BR>fine, the spoon is adjusted = correctly.  I removed and replaced the =<BR>whippen, and hammer, and all seems to be = A-OK.  Nothing is broken and =<BR>the flanges all are working = easily.  The backcheck is adjusted all =<BR>right.  It has been adjusted = for lost motion.  I don't know what to =<BR>check next.  Everything = seems to working properly and adjusted =<BR>correctly, yet something is keeping = the hammer from contacting the =<BR>string with the proper force.  = Any ideas????"<BR><BR>Ed,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>I'd be dollars to doughnuts the key is broken! Try pushing the front of the key down = while holding the back of the key so it won't go up.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>regards,</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>