<HTML>In a message dated 9/17/02 2:24:41 PM Central Daylight Time, rbreakal@richmond.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear list, I have a faculty member here who is very sensitive to unevenness in the keys. The piano is an S&S D that is six years old. After I make sure all friction is gone, keys are eased, etc., do I really want to start removing leads? This piano should have been right at the factory and I really don't know if I should be messing with it like that. I know that Stanwood's system is probably a long term answer but this person has a recital next week. Any suggestions? Ray Ray Breakall Piano Technician University of Richmond </BLOCKQUOTE> Have you checked the touch weight of each one of the keys? Perhaps you should take the touchweight of the keys, and see if there is that much difference. Are there indeed variations? Or is the problem more between the ears than in his fingers? Wim U of Alabama</HTML>