<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/4/2004 8:28:46 PM Central Standard Time, awright44= 0@cinci.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>My question would be, what happens to the spac= ing of the rep to the <BR>hammer shank/knuckle after these acrobatics you me= ntion?<BR><BR>I certainly shim the whip flange in order to space the lever t= o the <BR>hammer flange, but I prefer to keep the top of the rep lever as <B= R>horizontal as much as possible, and not tilt the lever off of 90 <BR>degre= es if I can help it.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Considering that the only place the wip and the hammer actually me= et is the jack hitting the knuckle, I don't think tilting the wip to accommo= date both the capstan and the hammer flange will make enough of a = difference. You not tilting it enough. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But since you're redrilling the holes anyway, I guess it doesn't hurt t= o center them, without  the acrobatics to the wippens. But if the = capstans were off center to begin with, but are now not centered on the cush= ions, could that have been cause by the keys warping slightly? As I said, on= e of the solutions was to space the front of the key. But perhaps the key it= self needs to be straightened out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>