bass hammers sound "tubby" when played

[Avery Todd]

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Julia,

On a piano that old, it's probably the bass strings and/or a bridge problem.

Avery

At 02:05 PM 4/23/04, you wrote:
>greetings,
>
>             When the bass hammers of a particular turn of the century 
> upright are played they sound "tubby", a very "round" dull sound. Would 
> these hammers be a candidate for hardening solution or is it the strings' 
> quality? I think it is the hammers because the bass hammers have hardly 
> any grooves and show little wear.
>Suggestions?
>
>Julia Gottchall,
>Reading, PA

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