<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To the list</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I went to solve a problem on a RACHALS grand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The piano was very well restored in England and now is on Rio de Janeiro.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All on it was very nice and the only wrong thing was the hammer shanks that  was resting on the hammer rest rail. I lowered the rail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are on it a problem that I could not to solve. If you play normaly it is a very good piano and a very nice one but in some notes if you need to use a heavy blow, the hammer don't go to the strings. The hammer stays blocked on the backcheck. I separate the back check from the tail of the hammer and this don't solved the problem. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I made a accurate inspection in 3 or 4 notes with this problem, and I could not to discover what is wrong.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ROGERIO CUNHA<BR>IC Member of The Piano Technicians Guild<BR>Rio de Janeiro - Brasil<BR>http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/dacapo/<BR><A href="http://www.perfectpitch.hpg.ig.com.br/index.html">http://www.perfectpitch.hpg.ig.com.br/index.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: 6.0.462 / Virus Database: 261 - Release Date: 13/03/03</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>