Changing instruments deadens pre-existing midi file

Hello there folks,
I'm working on a song that has one instance of a midi bassoon. It sounds pretty mediocre so I bought Berlin Wood Winds and would like to replace the instrument with a new one. So what I have done is created a copy of the track keeping all settings. I then hold down option and drag down the midi file. When I play this I hear the second midi bassoon play. (the original one is muted.) However, as soon as I change the instrument the midi file no longer plays. I can play the new instrument live with my midi controller, but the actual midi data seems to be deadened. I have tried loading an instance of Trillian and that has the same problem! What could I be doing wrong? Is this a bug?
I'm running Logic 9.1.7 on a 2.44 Ghz 12-core Mac Pro, in 10.8.1 with 24 Gigs of memory.
Many thanks for any help in advance!
- Fredo

Very strange. I've actually had a similar experience before, but rather than cut the volume, the volume would be raised to +3 like there was some type of automation...yet I could never find any automation assigned.
The Basics: A couple trouble shooting tips (I apologize if they seem rather "amateurish")
Check for hidden automation on the track
Check for automation within the MIDI region itself (located under the piano roll) or HypeEditor
Create a new, blank instrument track. Import AU instrument. Duplicate MIDI region to new track.
If not of these work, what I find will work is to copy the actual notes from the original MIDI region, create a new MIDI region and paste the notes.
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