In a message dated 8/19/2000 4:53:27 PM, Ron wrote: <<but no one suggested it might be the casters. Curious.>> CASTERS!!!???? Of course not!! Anyone with common sense knows it is the little brass knobs on the fall board.......they absorb moisture, and thus gain weight,...this in turn places more strain on the fallboard hangers, which being fastened firmly to the rim causes the rim to tilt inward ...which squeezes the fallboard and thus applies more crowning moment to the board/bridges..thus causing the sharpness observed................Now, this is piano 101 stuff guys, don't fail to take it into consideration the next time it comes up!! :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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