<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  May not be achievable is what I meant. If you can move the capstan a fair bit you can probably get it under 6 but then the hammers will still need to be lighter to satisfy most folks & regulation still a longish blow & a shortish dip. One easy give a way to preveiw potential action ratio problems is that on any NY Steinway if the belly felt is thick the ratio is usually poor & if it's thin It's your lucky Day!!</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Did you mean "acceptable ratio may not be _achievable_"? Or did you mean to say that even with a good ratio, this action might still have unacceptable characteristics?</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Kent</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>