<HTML>In a message dated 2/28/02 8:17:28 AM Central Standard Time, kellybill_m@hotmail.com (Kelly & Bill) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am curious to know what everyones favorite method (tool) for doing a complete key-leveling job is.  I am new to the sport and would like input on the best tool for the job.  So far the only methods I'm aware of are: aluminum straight edge, the Jaras tool, and the Sciortino tool.  Are there others?</BLOCKQUOTE> I'd suggest taking Howard Jackson up on his offer.  I have 33 years in the business and tried lots of approaches but for some 15 years now, I've only used one tool and have better and quicker results with it than any other method.  I use a piece of aluminum stock about 14 inches long, 1/4 inch thick and 1 inch wide.  I don't even know where I got it.  I found it someplace and put it in my toolkit and it's been there ever since.  You could probably find a piece like it at a hardware or building supply store.  Have them cut a 12-14 inch piece (something that would fit in your toolkit). I used to use a full length wooden straight edge with a built in crown but the short piece is better and goes everywhere I do.  The method I use builds crown automatically.  The only other thing you may possibly need besides the punchings will be a foot stool that you can sit on so that you can be at eye level.  That, however, is not even a requirement, especially for touch up leveling.  Take Howard's cue about "sounds".  If you were blind, you could use nothing more than a simple straight edge, your fingers and your ears and end up with the most perfect job possible.  I use many of the blind techniques because they are so exact and I don't see very well anyway. Really getting a keyboard perfectly level with that very slight curve known as the "crown" is as satisfying of an accomplishment as a really fine tuning or any other big job well done. If you'd like me and some of the others to elaborate on the techniques after you've looked at Howard's material, it could provide good material for a discussion.  I don't recall much on key leveling in recent times. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>