<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm not too interested in weight, rather in longevity of parts and of regulation. Capstans much less than keypins. Plated keypins tend to have a good deal of irregularity, and I think they cause undue wear. <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I'd be curious to experiment with some capstans to see if it made a difference to how much and how fast the regulation changed. It is probably mostly compression, but there is a bit of a friction and wear component. I certainly see wipp cushions that end up with an enormous indent that is colored green from transfer of brass, along with black from dirt. A fair amount of friction has to go along with that. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>But keypins are really what interest me the most. I'd love to have slick keypins that would last. Seems like bushing longevity would increase a lot, and when you re-bushed, you could skip most of the polishing process. <br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Regards,</div><div>Fred Sturm</div><div>University of New Mexico</div><div><a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jun 29, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Jon Page wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div>><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I am particularly interested in the anodized aluminum keypins and capstans myself.</font></div><div><br></div><div>I question changing out the capstans. For the difference in weight, the effect at the front</div><div>of the key is negligible and probably not worth the effort.</div><x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep><div><br>Regards,<br><br>Jon Page</div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>