Maybe nobody has experienced this particular cause of sluggish dampers in the treble/bass. Here is the exact: After noticing the problem, I began in earnest to solve the mystery. After removing the action I almost immediately noticed the problem. The movers had apparently been in a hurry when re-attaching the fron legs; each has 2 very large Allan Lag bolts to secure the front legs, but for some reason not very clear, one bolt on each side is roughly 1/2" longer (After checking there is absolutely NO need for the longer bolt)than the other, and if the longer bolt is placed in the back part of the front leg, it will "push" up on the action, causing the dampers to hang up on the rail bushings, not to mention other action problems. Same problem in the other Kohler Grand (Same case type), but this time the longer bolt was pushing the action up on the LEFT side causing the same damper dilemma in the bass section. As i unscrewed the longer bolt, i could see the action "settle" back down, then i switched to the shorter bolt. After placing the longer bolts in the front of leg hole, It was "blocking the action from sliding back into the keybed, so i removed it, replaced the action, THEN put the bolt back in! All worked perfectly, but now in order to remove the action, the front leg bolt must be partiallt UNscrewed for action removal. WHEW!!! My Dealer has called the manufacturer to let them know. WOW! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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