<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh Wiser-than-I Ones, (of which there = are multitudes!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I heard a "zinging" in the attack of a = low tenor string on a customer's piano.  She heard it, too, and didn't like = it.  (Turned out a little needling on the hammer at about 1 o'clock and 11 = o'clock softened that attack nicely) Upon close inspection I notice an = anomaly in the way the bridge was notched. It's the right string of the lowest = plain string unison.  I was wondering if I might elicit a few = opinions about the looks of this.  I've attached a photo -- I hope it comes through!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bridge isn't notched all the way = across on that right-most pin.  On the side that the string bears there is = certainly a good notch, but to the right of that it's not.  Seems like that = would actually strengthen rather than weaken the pin's hold, but since it = looks unusual I thought I'd ask.  Extending upward from the un-notched = edge there is a visible line.  That's the border of the notching.  It is not a crack.  This is a fairly new piano, = about 3 or 4 years old, a Knabe Studio Upright.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Dorr</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Helena, MT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>