<!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>Thanks for the replies. The piano in = question was built (according to Pierce) by Vern Schafer in Ca. The let-off in the = bass is about 1/8". The hammers are not worn - I regulated this piano about 2-3 = years ago- A teen-age girl is the current pianist- although her brother used = to  POUND the thing!  Maybe that's why there is trouble now. It = is a model US 45- serial # 513185. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>