<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=thomaaw@auburn.edu href="mailto:thomaaw@auburn.edu">thomaaw@auburn.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 11, 2005 = 12:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ some "oddly = noisy" Baldwin 45"hamilton actions..........]</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Albert,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What you're hearing, in all likelihood, is Corfam, the material = used to cover the hammer butts.  Baldwins of a certain vintage are = notorious for the knocking sounds created by the action.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>Dave,</DIV> <DIV>    I thought the same until the gentleman said it = was a 35 year old piano.</DIV> <DIV>    Corfam was introduced around 1980 </DIV> <DIV>    Baldwin historians ----   am I = correct here?</DIV> <DIV>    Tom Driscoll</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>