<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for the link,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have read this material as well as Dixon's article in the 2001 Journal - the lift lever flange friction is not specified anywhere that I can see. Renner does give the spring tension adjustment numbers but I do not have a gram gauge to do that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=hgreeley@stanford.edu href="mailto:hgreeley@stanford.edu">Horace Greeley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: back action replacement questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Hi, Gene,<BR><BR>At 06:23 PM 7/29/2006, you wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>Also, how much friction on the lift lever flanges? The Renner parts are about 4.5 to 5 grams from the factory - they are a bit tight in my opinion - should I try for about 2 to 3 grams? I am curious because the 4.5 gram is consistant for the entire set with very slight variation. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Check out:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.lloydmeyer.com/PDF/Damper.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://www.lloydmeyer.com/PDF/Damper.pdf<BR><BR></A>This is written by Chris and Karen Robinson...complete with pictures & etc.<BR><BR>Best.<BR><BR>Horace<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>