<!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>Phil, I'm not angry for not winning, = since I didn't even get a chance to enter the contest, but; to me an underlever hitting = the sos-rail doesn't sound like a loose hammer head at all. It sounds like a = huge BANG!</FONT></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=tito@philbondi.com href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">Phil = Bondi</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> Monday, July 15, 2002 = 6:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Today's = Puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>>   My first (two) guesses would be an = improperly adjusted sostenuto rod, or<BR>> possible the damper upstop rail.<BR>><BR>DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING = DING!!!!<BR><BR>We have a winner!<BR><BR>It was the upstop rail..the the underlever was = hitting the sos rod on a hard<BR>blow..the funny thing about this puzzler is = it only happened in the upper<BR>bass..lower tenor, but the whole rail was = waaay too high.<BR><BR>I can't give this used wedge away for anything...maybe = next time.<BR><BR>Congratulations Dan.<BR><BR>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)<BR><A = href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">tito@philbondi.com</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQ= UOTE></BODY></HTML>