<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT face=Arial>Hello Alan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT face=Arial>The fact that = these strings "look" newer than the others may be a clue.  If someone had decided = to clean them with some sort of metal polish, that could ruin the tone = completely.  In that case, the only solution is to replace them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT = face=Arial>jeannie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=580125814-09082002><FONT face=Arial><A href="mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net">jgrassi@silverlink.net</A></FONT><= /SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf = Of </B>Alan R. Barnard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 09, 2002 7:08 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Thunk, wunk<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1921 Geo. Steck small grand. The bass = strings can't be as old as the piano. They are still copper-colored and "look" = fairly clean etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But when struck, the bichord = notes have very little sustain. The singles do better. The tenor and treble sounds = great, very sweet actually.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried the old remove-loop-and-roll = on the worst note. The string looks a little brighter but I can't tell much = difference in the sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas? I wondered about a = downbearing problem or something but would assume such a design flaw would be unlikely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>