<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: new meaning for weighing keys</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Some might consider not knowing what a pitman is, or not knowing the Steinw= ay spec. for hammer shank distance as a sign of incompetence.   Incompetence is a relative term. Rick on 3/10/04 10:37 AM, Wimblees@aol.com at Wimblees@aol.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> I don't know if the washer was attached by a very incompetent piano tuner, = or by some ingenious customer. Lets hope it was the latter, but knowing some= of the technicians in this part of the country, it was probably the former.= Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano tuner/technician School of Music University of Alabama </BLOCKQUOTE> _____________ Rick Florence Piano Technician Arizona State University, School of Music </BODY> </HTML>