Replaced hammers, shanks, butts, keytops, and almost all felts--including key rest and hammer rest rail--in an old upright. I won't have any trouble getting a good-looking and good-working key height based on keyslip, nameboard, and available dip but I have to settle on a blow distance before going further. The set-up, with new parts, is about halfway between 1 5/8" and 1 3/4" Does yourall's (I made up the word) experience think that is good enough or should I rip out the rest rail felts and re-shim it .... and if so, should I go for 1 3/4" or 1 7/8"? Is there a simple way to decide this, or do I need to completely regulate 3 or 4 keys before I know it will work? One other factor, maybe not too relevant to the discussion. It has long, tall dowel-capstan type stickers. Alan Barnard Salem, MO
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