<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>Thanks Marcel, Ed, and Wayne for your suggestions.  See comments interspersed below.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/4/05 5:55:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mcpiano@videotron.ca writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Verdana color=#000000 siz= e=3> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Dave,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>I've had this feeling on a few piano= s only to find out that my temperament strip was getting old and there were tiny little pieces of felts that were touching the middle strings when I was tu= ning the temperament.  Could this be the case?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Marcel Carey, RPT</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468152111-04052005>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQU= OTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marcel,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This was happening with no mute, no damper interference, or any kind of= blockage of the string whatsoever.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= /SPAN> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><< I seated and lifted strings, and attempted to get clean termination <BR>points,  <BR>all to no avail.   There seems t= o be adequate downbearing, and odds are, <BR>negative or  inadequate <BR>downbearing would affect all the strings of a unison, no?>><BR><BR><<This sounds like a notching problem.  You ma= y need to pull a notes strings <BR>out of the way pull the pins, renotch this note, and reinstall  the pins with CA <BR>before stringing it back up.  <BR>   Is this much work justified by the rest of the piano's condition?  Every <BR>situation is different.  <BR>Good luck,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Foote>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This makes sense to me.  And yes, since the piano is a new Mason BB--still under warranty--it would be well worth the effort. = I'll certainly contact Mason and Hamlin before proceeding with any sort of f= ix this involved.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005><<Try tapping the bridge pins in a bit with= a punch, you be surprise of the difference.>></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Wayne,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll probably tr= y this one before doing anything more drastic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Dave Stahl</FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>