<HTML> In a message dated 10/29/03 4:10:06 PM, edwithen@oregontrail.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">I even blocked the F#= 3 string itself, and it goes "Bonk" when the hammer strikes but continues si= nging the tone the same as before. </BLOCKQUOTE> Ed, Did you check the dampers for 'follow-through'?  (You didn't mention t= his as one of the things you checked.)  Press on the strings with your= fingers and see if each damper moves with the string.  If the damper = doesn't move when the string is pushed away from it, then it doesn't have en= ough pressure on the string to dampen it properly.  If this is the case, check to see if there is some lost motion in the sustai= n pedal.  There should be.  While you're depressing the pedal, l= ook at those dampers and see if any of the dampers in question are the FIRST= to move.  If they are, the damper rod maybe keeping the dampers from = putting enough pressure on the string to dampen it. Bend the damper wires so that they lift at the same time as their neighbors.= You did say that you adjusted the pedal...so that's probably not it. Do the offending dampers start to lift almost immediately when the key is de= pressed?  Maybe the spoon is keeping the damper from full contact with= the string.  (No 'follow through'.) Here's one more easy thing to check: are the bolts or screws that attach the= action to the plate tight?  Your problem notes are all in the middle,= maybe one of the screws at the tenor or treble break is not tightened down.= .. Hope this helps, Tom Sivak</HTML>