<DIV>Hi Allen,</DIV> <DIV>I center the caps on the keys, then sometimes do the acrobatics Wim describes. Allen Wright <awright440@cinci.rr.com> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Colleagues, I'm repositioning the capstans on a Steinway B action in order to improve key ratio, touchweight, etc. (Also installing Tokiwa Miracle Whips in order to compensate for the changed capstan position). I noticed before removing the capstans that quite a few of them aren't centered perfectly to the whip heels, some being quite noticeably off to one side or the other. The rep levers are spaced to the hammer shanks accurately (with the hammers spaced to the strings). Do any of you ever try to drill the holes for the repositioned capstans so that they're more accurately positioned under the whip heels? One thought might be to make a template of the rep lever flange holes in the action rail, and transfer that to the keys. But because of the slight fudge factor with the flange screw holes, and positioning of the reps side-to-side in order to space them to the hammer shanks, perhaps even that methhod might not get the capstans perfectly under the whip heels. It seems kind of screwy and counter-intuitive somehow to be positioning capstans off the center of the key. But I wonder which is worse, capstans not centered to the heels, or centered perfectly to the heels but off the center of the key? Obviously it's easier to just center them in the key! Any opinions? Respectfully, Allen Wright _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/10/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved Yahoo! Mail</a> - Send 10MB messages!