<!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 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mike,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two questions </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Do they bounce equally as bad with the dampers on as off the strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Where is the lead? In front or behind the balance rail pin?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=mjmccoy@usa.com href="mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com">Mike McCoy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cy@shusterpiano.com href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">Cy Shuster</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: "key bounce"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I just had the same issue with a 1930's Baldwin grand. The keys bounce after you let go and you can feel it in your fingers when playing. Nothing worked, including backrail cloth and it did have a ton of lead in the keys. Someone in my Chapter  suggested the wip cushions may be too hard, and they were. I turned the stack over and steamed them and it removed the dimples and softened them up. It did help noticeably but the problem is still there.<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR><BR>Mike McCoy<BR><BR>Cy Shuster wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid024101c6855f$39b0c030$6549a8c0@BUSTER type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=2>Could new back rail cloth help prevent bounce?  I'm thinking that worn cloth would be like bouncing right off the wood, where new cloth would give more cushioning...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>shuster</STRONG>piano.com</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>