<!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 6.00.2800.1170" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/4/04 11:15:10 AM Central Daylight Time, awright440@cinci.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I <BR>noticed before removing the capstans that quite a few of them aren't <BR>centered perfectly to the whip heels, some being quite noticeably off <BR>to one side or the other. The rep levers are spaced to the hammer <BR>shanks accurately (with the hammers spaced to the strings).<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You can try to center the cushions over the capstans by tilting th= e wips. You might need to paper the flange to do that, just like you pape= r one corner of a hammer flange to move the hammer to the right or lift. (not = the same as traveling). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The other way to center the capstan under the wippen is to move the fro= nt of the key. I just did this on an older D. There were quite a few capstans that were not center under the wippen cushions. So af= ter I tilted the wips as much as I could, I moved the front of the key slightly,= and moving some of the keys around them to make sure the keys were still ev= enly spaced. Also, make sure the keys are level. That can also effect the centeri= ng of the capstan. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>