<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Usually punching, but it also can be = other things like rep spring too weak, "green green they say on the"- center pin. = Tight centers or anything related to not allowing the key to travel freely = including trash on the felt under the key stick back end.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>99% of the time punchings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 22, 2005 = 9:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Keys not level</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I noticed on someone's grand piano today that a few (2 or 3) of = their keys were not level with the others.  Could this be a balance = rail punching problem or could other things contribute to this as = well?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am just paying real close attention to pianos I come in contact = with as I am still learning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for all your help,<BR>Matthew</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs">St= art your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page = </A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>