<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My guess is "D". I haven't done it yet = but sorely tempted. Take off the bearing bar, grind some off of the 'feet' of the = bar and reinstall, so it sits a little lower, more friction, steeper bearing angle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken Jankura</FONT></DIV> <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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 03, 2003 = 8:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway uprights = </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>The nasty, dirty, false beating, wiry, whiny, twangy, weak sound frequently found in S&S uprights in the 5th octave = and above is primarily due to:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A.  poorly shaped bearing bar</DIV> <DIV>B.  sloppy notching</DIV> <DIV>C.  inadequate bearing</DIV> <DIV>D.  inadequate counterbearing pressure</DIV> <DIV>E.  all of the above</DIV> <DIV>F.  other (please extrapolate)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The best way to address this problem short of complete rebuilding = is ________________.  (please feel free to improvise your = ideas).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>