<HTML><HTML>Gerrtings,         Forwards is towards the player.<B= R> Julia In a message dated 11/23/2004 1:51:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, Piannaman@ao= l.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">In a message dated 11/22/04 = 10:43:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, irs.pianos@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">     &= nbsp;   Working on a Hamilton built by Baldwin studio upright toda= y, I noticed that  on a reallly soft blow to the key, the jack wants to= slip forward almost to the back of the catch's shank, instead of delivering= the kick to the base of the hammer butt.             The custo= mer complained that, on a soft blow the key wouldn't play and would sort of = jam. Looking at this situation I saw that the jack would sometimes just slip= out too much forward and not deliver its power. What would cause this? Coul= d the keys not be levelled high enough?</BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Julia, I'm sort of directionally confused here.  Is forward towards the piano,= or towards the player? Thanks, Dave Stahl </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>