<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://skins.hotbar.com/skins/mailskins/sk/0129Su/0129SunOcean2.jpg); MARGIN: 133px 0px 0px; COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" hmark="hotbar_element" hbtype="st" stationery_tag_mark> <DIV>Are the hammers just blocking on the strings?  What is let-off like?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 6/14/2003 at 4:12 PM Richard Strang wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><SPAN id=hotbar_element_used stationery_tag_mark>This is Richard Strang, from Panama. I hope this email finds you all <SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN>in good health.<SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN>   </SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003>   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 i<SPAN class=400250821-14062003>n</SPAN> 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.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003>   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 <SPAN class=400250821-14062003>someone</SPAN> help me out<SPAN class=400250821-14062003>? Thank you.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003><SPAN class=400250821-14062003></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN class=390222716-13062003>Richard Strang</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390222716-13062003><IMG style="WIDTH: 231px; HEIGHT: 36px" alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:200306141624200255.01A3A5154E55" align=baseline border=0></SPAN></DIV> <DIV id=hotbar_promo><BR> <HR align=left width="100%" color=gray noShade SIZE=1> <A href="http://promos.hotbar.com/promos/promodll.dll?RunPromo&El=hotbar%5felement%3bst%3b&SG=&RAND=68533"><IMG title="" alt="Upgrade Your Email - Click here!" src='http://promos.hotbar.com/promos/promodll.dll?GetPromo&El=hotbar%5felement%3bst%3b&SG=&RAND=68533"' border=0></A> </DIV></SPAN><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE>**************** END MESSAGE FROM Richard Strang *********************</FONT> </BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>