<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none">I hold 4 or 5 keys down and lift and drop the hammers adjusting as needed.  Then moving along to the next 4 or 5 hammers.... Samples set with finger on hammer and rocking key to make sure hammer tail doesn't rub backcheck...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Matthew Todd" <TODDPIANOWORKS@YAHOO.COM><BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 3/22/2006 11:30:03 PM<BR>Subject: Checking<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=arial size=2>What is the best, most accurate way to regulate checking?  I was doing a lot of practice last night, and it seems that when you strike the key with even the slightest amount of variance, it changes the checking distance of the hammer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2>Also, can someone send me the link to the Piano Tech searchable archives?  I cannot find it on the PTG site.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2>Matthew</FONT></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> New <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman4/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.</A> Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. </DIV></BODY></HTML>