<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ron,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A good quick test to find out if it is = the strings is to lower a string about a fifth and bang the heck out of it, then = quickly bring it back up to pitch. If there is any improvement it is usually a = string problem and twisting the string may bring further = improvements.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=rshiflet@eaznet.com href="mailto:rshiflet@eaznet.com">Ron = & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG - send/receive</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 24, = 2002 2:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Walter dead bass = section</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I just bought a used Charles = Walter studio the other day.  I'm a little concerned.  About 3/4 ths of the bass section is dead.  There are about 5 notes at the = top that sound good.  The rest are dead.  <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>  Here's the rest.  The piano has had pretty good use.  It's about 20 years = old.  Action is Pratt-Read.  Regulation is pretty good.  There's a = little lost motion in the keys, but it's primarily in the high = treble, very little in the bass.  Hammers are moderately grooved and need = to be reshaped.  </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=2>Downbearing seems intact.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I doubt it's = the hammers since the grooves are bigger in the mid-range and treble where the = tone is normal.  The strings are still dead when plucked with a = finger.  There's nothing obvious.  The piano was played well and taken = care of.  No cabinet scratches.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Any = ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>            <FONT = size=+0>    </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>