thick or thin

[Newton Hunt]

Paper does not compress, wool does.

		Newton

Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I am in the process of re-regualting a S&S M, where one of the main
> problems was that the keys were too low, (they were almost touching
> the front rail when depressed). I raised them all with cardboard and
> paper punchings.
> 
> As I was doing this, I got thinking about this question. Are there any
> rules of thumb, or what is the general consensus, as to what thickness
> the wool balance rail punching should be? Should we have thick
> punchings with fewer paper/cardboard punchings, or thin punchings with
> lots of paper/cardboard? I guess I could ask the same for the front
> rail. Do we use thick felts and fewer cardboard, or the other way
> around? Or does it make any difference?
> 
> Wim