<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>I've tried it, with a horizontal beam.  It's not that useful; the highest key blocks the beam for the rest of the keyboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></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=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Laser Level for Bench Regulation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>How about key leveling?<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from <A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A>: -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> Is anyone out there using a laser level for bench regulating? <BR>> This afternoon I bought a Gen-Tech Laser Level from Harbor Freight ($14.99) <BR>> The laser rotates to send a horizontal or vertical plane of light, very useful. <BR>> By setting it on some wood scraps and shimming with cards I could easily align <BR>> it to first and last sample hammers in a section. It was very convenient for <BR>> setting hammer line and back checks. For some pianos it could perhaps also <BR>> gauge let off and drop. <BR>> Ed Sutton </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>