<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1950-ish Baldwin L grand, all original. = Raise dampers with pedal and then release pedal. Dampers make quite an audible = thump. Remove action and manually lift a dozen or so dampers and you get a = similar thump - it is especially prominent with the bicords - very little noise = from the flat dampers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this nothing more than the sound = that 55 year-old grand dampers make? That is my strong suspicion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>