<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C332A0.F41BBAC0"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C332A0.F41BBAC0"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue = style='tab-interval:.5in;margin-top:99.75pt' hmark="hotbar_element" hbtype=st stationery_tag_mark> <div class=Section1> No, it’s not such a bad job. If = (a BIG “if”) something like this is the problem, epoxy, electric drill, counterset screws, soundboard buttons, and soundboard/rib clamps can come to the rescue. = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’m leaning toward what the = others are saying, though. You maybe got a popsicle = stick down there. Or a pencil or a MUTE??? Those = hammers may be coming close but not actually hitting the = strings.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Alan R. = Barnard<o:p></o:p> Salem, = MO<o:p></o:p> </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strang Sent: Saturday, June 14, = 2003 5:38 PM To: = '<st1:PersonName>Pianotech</st= 1:PersonName>' Subject: RE: = Bonk <o:p> </o:p> <div> In that case, this kind of repair would be out of my realm = of work. Thanks a lot, as I think you Bonked the nail on the = head.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Richard Strang<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote = style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On = Behalf Of Alan Sent: Saturday, June 14, = 2003 4:20 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: RE: = Bonk<o:p></o:p> <!--mail_content-= ->I’ve had a similar experience where the bridge crown had separated slightly on either side = of the tenor/treble notch. When you hit the note the string sounded, but not = very powerfully. Meanwhile you also got this loud wooden bonk that sounded = like hitting a drum player’s wood block trap.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= Look for = separation or split in the bridge, or maybe it’s come loose from the soundboard = (crack in board?).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= I think it still = sounds okay when you pluck it because of the relatively very small amount of = energy you are putting into it compared to wanging it with a = hammer.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= Speaking of = hammers: Where ARE they striking and are they still in good condition, haven’t “popped” or anything?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= <div> = Alan R. Barnard<o:p></o:p> = Salem, MO<o:p></o:p> </div> -----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strang Sent: Saturday, June 14, = 2003 4:13 PM To: pianotech = (E-mail) Subject: = Bonk<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= This is Richard Strang, from Panama. I hope this email finds you all in = good health.   <o:p></o:p> <div>    I have ran into several pianos that all have the same problem, which I = believe is caused by something that may require major repairs, but I am at a = loss as to what the real problem is. The problem is this. You can play all the keys = to check all the notes, and you'll come to a section of notes that won't = play. The hammer hits the string, but the only sound it makes is, BONK! The = strings do no resonate as they should. You can pluck the strings, and they sound okay. = You can hold the damper off the strings, but when the note is played, the = only sound it makes is, BONK! It sounds almost as if the hammer is hitting = wood, instead of the string. This is only in a section of notes, and in the = case of the U1 I inspected today, it was a little over an octave's worth of = notes in the upper tenor section, just before the treble break. All the bass and = all the treble was okay.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>    Is this a problem with the bridge somehow? I have seen this problem = where only two or three notes are affected, and another piano where the entire = tenor section was dead, and I have had no solution. I feel bad that I have = studied and been in the practice for so long, but have no solution to this = problem. Can someone help me out? 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