<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Measure from the front of the key to = the balance rail pin and from the balance rail pin to the capstan. Divide. Should be = about 2+. Less than 2 and you might want to move the capstan line. Shaff piano = supply here in the states sells a very cheap gram weight set that will work. = You can't relead (as far as I know) without one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=smartin@dodo.com.au = href="mailto:smartin@dodo.com.au">Steve Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 04, 2002 = 9:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old German = Piaon</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Keith no I don't have any gram = weights! I thiught about that though and couldnt remember what the ratios were.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you tell me??</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=kpiano@goldrush.com = href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith Roberts</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 05, = 2003 3:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old German = Piaon</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, the a and the s are right = next to each other so lets assume its a restored upright from = Germany.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve, measure the key ratio. Do = you have any gram weights for measuring upweight and downweight?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert = Goodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 04, = 2003 7:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old German = Piaon</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is a German "UR"  and = why would one want to "reator" it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Sorry, I must be bit punchy tonight)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ROb Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial = size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just partially reatored an old German UR and would = love some = feedback</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE= ></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>