I have enjoyed the dialogue in the journal quite a bit and decided to see what was going on in the world of e-space. The only misfortune for me that I can see is that I end up downloading alot of stuff that is immaterial to me. Perhaps that comes with the territory. I suspect so. Ideally, I would love it if was restricted to technical matters. But it can be borne out so long as one out of 20 posts say, actually are of technical interest. Perhaps if people want to rap to each other, they could send the stuff to each other personal and keep this educational. Within reason of course, why be sterile. A fine line probably. So here's something technical. Beware of the little brass leaf springs on the jacks of older mason hamlin uprights. Their intent is to speed up repetition by bending against the catcher. They tend to hang up on the catchers of new brass rail butts. The key doesn't repeat readily. Head to bend in quite a few today. By the way, is it my imagination or has the quality of upright brass rail butts gone down recently? I for one am surprised that I have to pin them. The pins that come with them now are little more than ornamental. Way too loose. (too-loose, Latrec). So I guess we have to buy a set of center pins along with them now. Anyway-glad there is a scene here. It is a good thing nonetheless. Regards: Sam Grossner- Chicago
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