<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Has the underside felt of the hammer come unglued? This is the= type of symptom a unglued hammer felt produces.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens</DIV> <DIV>South Australia  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 03/28/05 07:= 06:01</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Starr con= sole</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm stuck.  The piano is a Starr Co= nsole piano.  The C1 note plays, but only softly.  If you play = it and the surrounding notes quietly, it is just fine.  Play with mo= re force and the other notes get louder, the C1 does not.  It feels = as if the key is bottoming out before the hammer can reach the string.&nb= sp; The let off is correct.  I have removed the front rail felt and = tried it that way, but still feels as if something is impeding the hammer= in its motion.  The damper mechanism seems to be fine, the spoon is= adjusted correctly.  I removed and replaced the whippen, and hammer= , and all seems to be A-OK.  Nothing is broken and the flanges all a= re working easily.  The backcheck is adjusted all right.  It ha= s been adjusted for lost motion.  I don't know what to check next.&n= bsp; Everything seems to working properly and adjusted correctly, yet som= ething is keeping the hammer from contacting the string with the proper f= orce.  Any ideas????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate PTG</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day, OR</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>