<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>I think that the best way he recently = described it to <BR>me was an initial strong attack but an immediate drop in power = with a less <BR>than original sustain.</STRONG> <STRONG>"</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>You'll have to do some wire work here, lift up slightly on all the = strings to remove the bend the wire makes as it makes the turn through the = aggraffes and around the capo bar. Likewise, seat the strings on the bridge at the = same time straightening the slight bend in the wire as it "rounds third base" = going into the bridge pins. But most importantly, the hammers need more resilience = in their shoulders, which you can insure by deep needling in the 1:30 to 3:00 = o'clock areas.  Make sure all the strings are mated to the hammers. A = strong attack followed by a quick decay usually means the hammers are too hard. It may = be that the piano was just voiced by the dealer tech by doing some crown = needling, and after a few days the effect of that has gone away due to the piano being = played a lot.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is, of course, assuming that something really hasn't happened = with the board.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>