speaking of front rail bushings

[Otto Keyes]

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University of Idaho
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: speaking of front rail bushings


> At 11:26 AM 9/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > >My predecessor put new keytops on a S&S M. The problem is, he put on
very
> > >thick keytops, but didn't rout down the keys. As a result, in order to
get
> > >the sharps 1/2" above the whites, and then get 3/8" keydip on them, I
have
> > >to put so many punching under the sharps, that the white keys are
hitting
> > >those punchiness before they bottom out. This results in the white keys
> > >are only getting about 5/16", or less, key dip. This is happening
mostly
> > >in the bass.
> > >
> > >Other than replacing the keytops, does anyone have a solution to the
> > >problem.
> > >
> > >Wim
>
>
> Replace the keytops and plane to the correct thickness.
>
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> Jon Page
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