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It probably has a crack. Do like is done in some aircraft quality control things looking for cracks:
Make a solution, probably blue, with vegitable dye in water... fairly dark saturated solution. Dip the chime in it for a couple minutes and then drain. OFTEN you will see the dyed water draining out of the crack as a steam of blue if it is cracked. Repairing the cracks are iffy at best. You would need to find somebody with a MIG or TIG welder that can weld aluminum. After welding, the metal would have to be filed and dressed down close to the original profile.... Next one would use a tuner to file away slowly the added material to bring it into tune. Depending where the crack is, the welder may have to "vee" out the crack to get a solid fill of the crack.

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What are you comparing this to? 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. Pianos at that range are sharped due to stretch tuning so this would appear flat compared to the piano. Use a Korg or other brand tuner to verify. If it is flat, there is definitely a hairline crack in it. Dip it in a vegetable dye water mixture and usually cracks will show up.

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Is your question about G5 ppc mac. or about Suzuki g5 motor cycle.-------------I assume its about g5 ppc mac.-------
Try downloaded the latest version 2.5.1 to update the 2.2 version;.---------- 1) Open Finder and go to the Macintosh HD -> Library -> Receipts folder. In here you'll see the Pitch 'n Time Pro 2.5.1 Installer.pkg file - delete this.
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2) Go to the Macintosh HD -> Library -> Application Support -> Digidesign -> Plug-Ins folder. In here you'll see the Pitch 'n Time Pro.dpm file - delete this.
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3) Run the Pitch 'n Time Pro installer again.
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Unless there is damage you should only have to clean them. Do NOT compare pitch to piano since on a piano the high notes are stretched up to 22 cents sharp and at the low end they are about 20 centts flat. If any of the tubes are cracked, it is fatal. Also do not be confused by worn or deteriorated hammers that may appear to be out of tune.

The tuning is NOT likely to change unless: Metal tube is damaged OR there is dirt or other buildup on the tubes OR there are cracks in the tube. Procure a Korg tuner to check the pitch of these. Do NOT compare against a piano since a piano is "stretch tuned" and may be off up to 22 cents.
The Korg chromatic tuners can be bought for about $20... they are precise. If chimes are cracked, or damaged, that is usually fatal. Dirt can be cleaned.

We can't guess what type of Suzuki instrument you might have... they make MANY types of instruments, including pianos.

The contacts probably just need cleaning. Often they are conductive rubber "pills" in silicon domes that the key presses down against a circuit board under the keys. Clean the pills AND the circuit traces they press down on with ONLY 99% isoprophyl alcohol and Qtips. Be gentle in cleaning. Most of the work is accessing the contacts. Note these contacts do NOT for a low resistance contact as the electronics doesn't need a good contact. There are two per key to implement sensing key velocity. Sometimes the contacts are coencentric with a pill inside a ring of conductive rubber. The conductive rubber is always black.

Forgot to mention... the clapper has almost nothing to do with the tone.

"sounds flat" ... What are you comparing this to? Pianos at that range are sharped due to stretch tuning so this would appear flat compared to the piano. Use a Korg or other brand tuner to verify. If it is flat, my educated guess is there is a crack in it. Dip it in a vegetable dye water mixture and usually cracks will show up. This is almost like Magnafluxing they use in the aircraft industry. These are likely made of aluminum and repair if cracked would be hard... one could try to have it welded and then filed down to tune it. I have done this with sleigh bells on a pipe organ, but those were brass.

Inspect for damage, especially hairline cracks. Also inspect for contamination or dirt that will change the resonant frequency. AND VERIFY the tuner you are using is accurate. Do not compare to a piano which MAY be out of tune... in fact, pianos are STRETCH tuned, that is the higher notes are SHARPED and the LOW notes are FLATTED deliberately. Comparing your chimes to a piano, the E5 would appear flat. Use a good electronic tuner to verify the pitch, not a piano,

You will have a near impossible task to find a replacement. Try at a music store that deals in student instruments. This is not high tech and the technology has not changed much so you might luck out.. DO NOT leave any part of your set with them... they tend to get lost.

If you can't get the part then your choice is to MAKE a suitable part. It is often not hard to come up with a substitute. If the metal of the chime has cracked, then have it welded and then tune it with a file...

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Frankly, I would analyze what the clappers ar made of and MAKE them yourself. If they are plastic, find suitable material and make your own. If metal, you can have a metalshop make some for you.

Finding replacements either piecemeal or individual chimes is NOT likely to happen.

The most likely case is that one of the main output transistors (if which there are many) is shorted. When the protect circuit senses DC on the final output, it will not allow the output relay to come on to protect the speakers from raw DC. With the power removed, you can check between each outputs Emitter and Collector and you will probably find close to zero ohms. From that point you need to unsolder each of the pins of the bad channel until you find the shorted device(s) and replace them.

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