<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Dave,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>I've had this feeling on a few pianos only to find out that my temperament strip was getting old and there were tiny little pieces of felts that were touching the middle strings when I was tuning the temperament.  Could this be the case?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Marcel Carey, RPT</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Sherbrooke, QC</SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Piannaman@aol.com<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm scratching my head at this one.  I tuned a BB today that is around 3 years out of the factory.  As I tuned the temperament, I found that the middle string on several notes from middle C down towards the tenor have virtually no sustain.  I thought it was damper "drag"(for lack of a better term).  Pulled the dampers out of the way, no change.  Second thought was over-needled hammers.  I plucked the strings. The sound still died after a couple of seconds.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>