<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hi, Richard, and colleagues -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The strips would work fine for the Accelerated Action half-round key supports were it not for the 'locating strip' that's needed to keep the S&S half-rounds from rotating around the balance pin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You'll find the strips are located too low to be slapped by the bottom of the keys and too high to slap the keybed.  Since they are already in contact with the keyframe, there's no potential for slap there either - just like traditional paper punchings.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">~ Tom McNeil ~<BR>Vermont Piano Restorations<BR>VermontPiano.com<BR><BR>346 Camp Street<BR>Barre, VT 05641<BR>(802) 476-7072</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/9/2007 9:44:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, RADKINS@coe.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> It looks like they won't work on Steinway w/accelerated action. Also, it looks like they could</DIV> <DIV>slap the bottom of the keys, or perhaps the key frame, or perhaps the key bed if long enough.</DIV> <DIV>This might cause noise. I've not seen/or tried 'em, so cannot say, but looking at the picture it</DIV> <DIV>might be so. I would give them a try, but they are pricey compared to the cost of punchings.</DIV> <DIV>If they'd work on Steinways, I'd be more interested.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard Adkins</DIV> <DIV>Coe College<BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>