<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello List. Today I went to solve a = problem in a piano that it's owner said me that it was in trouble. I went there and = could detect that few notes of the piano was good but a great number of them = couldn't to function correctly. The owner of the piano told me that she lived = four years on Texas and that bought the piano in Dallas. When I was inspecting the = problem I was very surprised because there are no bridle  wires. I never = saw a vertical piano without bridle straps! I inspected the wippens and saw = that the holes to support the bridle wires was empty and clean. I haven't doubt = that the never was a bride wire there. The model of the piano is one that the = action is under the keyboard and the function of the wippens is correct; the = function of the key is correct : if you press a key it pull the sticker, the sticker = moves the wippens and when you release the key every parts come to the this = place but the hammers this is the problem because they go to the strings and don't = come back to the hammer rail. I think that the better thing to do is to = install bridle wires and bridle satraps but I would like to read some = technicians about this problem and I want know if is possible the KIMBALL to have made = this piano without bridle straps.Rogerio Cunha - Rio de janeiro - IC Member of the PTG</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>