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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Julia,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">My understanding is that the rest rail needs to
sit squarely on all of its supports, so that it doesn't warp. That's the
reason that the una corda pedal in uprights needs a hair of lost motion, so that
the rail isn't propped up only at one end. Typically there are three or
four felts that the rail sits on; I suggest adding spacers to each one.
Cardboard front punchings work well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"><STRONG>shuster</STRONG>piano.com</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Thanks Rodger</DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> Thanks
for the suggestion on manipulating the hammer rest rail. I put a washer as a
spacer behind the action bracket in the way right treble. Boy did that clear
up the treble closeness, it seemed to help throughout the rest of the rail
too.</DIV>
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<DIV> Also,
upon closer examination, I pulled on the rail, and there was negative
lost motion. I put some lost motion in a few of the keys and kept
track of the degree of turn, then I went through and turned down all the
capstans by 3/4 of a turn and the blow distance is now much more consistent;
within 1/32" of the selected 1 3/4" </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again,</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall,</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA</DIV>
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