<HTML>In a message dated 9/9/2003 7= :48:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes:<FON= T COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="= SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">        Terry</BLOCKQUOT= E>    I conside= r that let-off spec too wide. I find that much power is lost at those distan= ces. 2.5 mm in the bass is plenty , 2mm  in tenor and 1.5 in the treble= . Unless you have squishy reg buttons or butt leathers you"ll have better&nb= sp; control and tone with these specs. My advice is find some thinner strips= I think I heard somewhere they were available. Otherwise a very slick idea<= BR>   JMHO---Dale Erwin <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just thought I'd share a little= cool way I found to measure vertical piano letoff quickly and accurately. I= nitially, a tech friend of mine showed me three pieces of wood with that fle= xible magnetic strip on the back of each. One for each section. About 1/4" t= hick for the bass, and 1/8th" for the treble. </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>