<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Barbara-</DIV> <DIV>Perhaps the wear patterns on the knuckles and wippen cushions could indicate whether the wippens have always been out of alignment or they have moved gradually over time.</DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Barbara Richmond <PIANO57@INSIGHTBB.COM><BR>Sent: Mar 28, 2006 11:06 AM <BR>To: College and University Technicians <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Repetition Alignment <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name="GENERATOR"> <STYLE></STYLE> </ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor="#ffffff" topMargin="7" leftMargin="7" rightMargin="7" bottomMargin="7"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A little off the subject, but related--I was wondering about how much repetitions move or stay put.  The question came up for me because I did a <huge> regulation job on an 9 year old Steinway B (obviously over-due) and though the hammers were nice and neatly spaced to the hammer rest felts, the repetitions were all over the place.  They were so bad, my thoughts were that they had never been spaced and traveled correctly to begin with.  When I spaced and traveled them, there wasn't much traveling paper to be seen.  On the other hand, this was a university professor's home piano and it was hard to imagine that the dealer delivered the piano in less than pristine condition.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Comments?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV>near Peoria, IL </DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY>