At 07:41 AM 1/8/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Hi David, > >...and I bet you have some slick way of shimming them on the >bench. Care to share? > >Inquiring minds want to know! > >Alan Eder > Before you loosen/remove the action, find or make naturals (toward the ends and in the middle) whose keydip exactly matches one of your blocks. (Write which block and which notes down! DAMHIK) When the action is on the bench, shim until the blocks are again exactly level with the keys. Carpenter shims work well. Business cards do, too. At one time, I had a bench with action glides imbedded along the front (before Baldwin did that on their grands) and I could adjust at 5 points along the front rail. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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