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I have a Suzuki tone chime C6 that is flat sounding. Is there any way that this can be fixed?

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  • Anonymous Nov 02, 2012

    I have the same problem with a Suzuki C5. Absolutely unusable. And the "answers" on this board don't seem to be very helpful at all.

  • Lisa Ligus
    Lisa Ligus Mar 15, 2014

    I was having a similar problem with a "dead" sound. I took a screw driver and put it inside my tone chime and pushed up on whatever is inside the chime. It moved just a bit and by doing this it fixed the problem. It is now resonating like the rest of my chimes.

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First inspect for mechanical damage such as cracks or dents. Do not confuse "flat" as off pitch with "dead" sound...

Get an electronic tuner and verify pitch before going further. If there is a crack, depending on the material it might be repairable. It is UNLIKELY that the pitch would be very far off as these are mechanical type resonators due to manufacturing defect. Also look for problem with the clapper...

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Jul 31, 2011 • Suzuki 25Note Chromatic Tone Chime Set
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Jul 22, 2011 • Suzuki 25Note Chromatic Tone Chime Set
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Apr 20, 2011 • Suzuki 25Note Chromatic Tone Chime Set
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Apr 02, 2011 • Suzuki 25Note Chromatic Tone Chime Set
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Finding replacements either piecemeal or individual chimes is NOT likely to happen.
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