<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   Hey  afterall it is a Kimble. They wasted there share= of natural resoures now it's somebody elses turn...... like China?  Barabara  I agree dont' just sit there , just try something</DIV> <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Ed,<BR><BR>Did you actually time the sustain of the plucked strings?  Check the pinning<BR>of the hammer flanges, check the regulation.  Try moving the action in and<BR>out a bit to see if the = tone improves.  Needling on the shoulders (lower for<BR>sustain, a little higher for bloom) should open it up.  Are the shanks<BR>tapered in th= e section?  You can test to see if hammer weight is a problem<BR>by tak= ing a (or more) hammer assembly from a higher note and trying it the<BR>section.<BR><BR>Have fun.<BR><BR>Barbara Richmond</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>